Sophie Bourgeois, 5, helps her brother, RJ, and father Rick load gifts Friday into the back of their car in Greene. The kindergarten student at Greene Central School helped her brother raise $3,800 this year to purchase gifts, gloves and hats for children at the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital, the Ronald McDonald House and for Maine foster children. Sophie made commissioned art pieces to help her brother raise the funds. RJ Bourgeois started his fundraising four years ago and has since raised a total of $15,000 that he used to purchase the items. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

RJ Bourgeois, 9, and his father, Rick, load gifts Friday into the back of their car in Greene. The third-grade student at Greene Central School raised $3,800 this year to purchase gifts, gloves and hats for children at the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital, the Ronald McDonald House and for Maine foster children. Bourgeois started his fundraising four years ago and has since raised a total of $15,000 to purchase the items. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

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