Hi, I'm Mari. I am 17 years old and a kid from Flint, MI. The world more commonly knows me as Little Miss Flint, even though I'm not that little anymore.

Since I was 8 years old, I have hosted several events for Flint area kids, including events for Back to School, Christmas, Halloween, and Easter, on top of my ongoing book drive and other projects I do for the community. My events focus on the kids and making sure they have not only what they need, but a ton of cool extras as well. If I dream it up, we figure out how to do it. This is something I love doing and have spent over half my life serving my community.

As we prep for my 8th annual Easter egg hunt and basket giveaway, we are starting from scratch after dealing with a break-in and vandalism of our Team Mari storage unit.

This year, we have a goal of 200 baskets, a DJ, inflatables, a resource fair, a petting zoo/pony rides, the Easter Bunny, 10,000 eggs, and more.

As we all know, prices on everything have skyrocketed, including toys and candy.