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AND ON OUR WEBSITE, KCCIOM.C A YOUNG GIRL IN AMES IS HOPING TO ENCOURAGE KIDS TO GET VACCINATED ONE BRACELET AT A TIME. STEVE: KCCI’S LAUREN JOHNSON TELLS US WHY SHE GOT INVOLVE LAUREN: THIS IS GRACE LAKE. THE 5TH GRADER ENJOYS READING AND LEARNING MUSIC, BUT NOW AT HER YOUNG AGE SHE’S BECOMING AN ADVOCATE FOR KIDS TO GET VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19. >> WHEN YOU GET VACCINATEDTH, EN COVID DOESN’T SPREAD, AND WHEN COVID DOE’TN' SPREAD THEN PEOPLE , CAN GO BACK TO NORMAL. LAUREN THE IDEA CAME TO HER : AFTER SEEING HOW COVID-19 CHANGED LIFE FOR HER FAMILY. GRACE’S SISTER, CAROLINE, STRUGGLES WITH PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS OR PVS, WHICH WEAKENS HER IMMUNE SYSTEM. IN AN EFFORT TO PROTECT HER SISTER, HER FAMILY HAD TO SPEN >> WHEN COVID FIRST CAME. OUR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER AND FTLEI FOR AN APARTMENT IN TOWN, D WEAN SPENT AN ENTIRE YEAR SEPERATED. LAUREN: TINRUE BIG SISTER FASHION, GRACE WANTED TO DO ALL SHE COUD TO HELP MAKE THE COMMUNITY A SAFER PLACE FOR CAROLINE. SO, FOR HER 12TH BIRTHDAY THIS MONTH, SHE ASKED FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO DONATE TO A GO FUND ME AIMED AT RAISING MONEY TO GIVE BRACELETS TO KIDS THAT HAVE BEEN VACCINATED. GRACE’S PARENTS REWE ELATEATD THE IDEA TO SAY THE LEAST. >> TO DO IT FOR SOMETHING THAT IS SO BENEFICIAL FOR PEOPLE WAS JUST, HOW COULLD I NOT JUMP BEHIND IT. AND HER DAD AS WELL. WE JUST JUMPED IN FULL FORCE TO SUPPORT HER WITH THIS. LAUREN: GRACE’S BRACELETS WILL BE ARRIVING IN THE MAIL SOON. SHE ENCOURAGES ANY KID WHO’S BEEN VACCINATED TO CONTACT HER FOR A BRACELET TO HELP SPREAD AWARENESS. SHE SAYS SHE’S GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE KIDS WHO’VE BEEN VACCINATED AND SHARES ONE MEANINGFUL MEAGE.SS >> IT’S REALLY WORTH IT IN THE END, SAVING PEOPLE’S LIVES. LAUREN: REPORTING IN AMES, LAUREN JNSOHON, KCCI 8 NEWS, IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. STEVE: THE PFIZER VACCINE HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR USE IN KIDS 12 AND UP. GRACE DID TURN 12 EARLIER THIS MONTH AND TELLS US THE FIRST THING SHE DID WAS SCHEDULEER H OWN VACCINE APPOINTM