oliver newton

AGE: 7 • TOWN: Augusta

HIS GOOD DEED: Selling his paintings to raise money for the Cops and Kids Foundation

DUH NUH... DUH NUH.. DUH NUH DUH NUH! Sharks are pretty cool, and Oliver Newton is too. Oliver’s favorite animals are sharks and he really enjoys painting and drawing them. So many people liked Oliver’s shark paintings and coloring pages that he started selling them to friends, family, and some people on Instagram. Oliver’s art got a shoutout from the Youtube Channel @ SomeGoodNews, hosted by John Krasinski (yes, that John Krasinski). After that, Oliver’s coloring pages were in high demand. Oliver wanted to donate the money he was making to the Kids N’ Cops Program – a local program that allows underprivileged children in the area to go shopping with a police officer and other volunteers to pick out clothes and presents around Christmas time. Oliver said he chose this nonprofit to donate to the Kids N’ Cops Program because he wanted to help other kids get presents around Christmas time and to make other people happy. Oliver created around 50 different shark paintings and coloring pages and sold them to raise money and he ended up raising almost $300 for the program. “I like to paint sharks because they’re endangered,” Oliver said. Being a huge animal lover, Oliver said he wants to be a vet when he grows up. People can check out Oliver’s artwork on Instagram (@ArtworkByOllie).