The Young Hero Saving Cheetahs II Steve Harvey

All right, everybody, listen, before we go, there's plenty of things we'd like to change in the world, but actually making a difference, well, that's all about desire and determination. I want you to meet 11-year-old Joris Hutchinson. Now, he's got a passion for cheetahs. And since he was six years old, he's been working to protect the big cats from extinction. And so far, this young man's made a significant impact on preserving the cheetah population. He has raised, get this, more than $20,000 to save cheetahs. And he's been donating all of the funds to a wildlife sanctuary in Africa where he volunteers every summer. He earned all of the money himself by doing various things like selling lemonade, T-shirts, organizing skating parties, and throwing garage sales. In 2017, he earned national recognition for his cheetah-saving efforts with the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes that included a $5,000 gift. And he gave it all away to help cheetahs. We've got Joris joining us live from Seattle, Washington. Joris, what's up, my man? How you feeling? Good. That's good, good, good. Hey, man, where did this passion for cheetahs come from? They've been my favorite animal since I was two years old. And when I was six, I was reading a book about them, and it said that they might go extinct in my lifetime. And being six, I didn't know what that meant, so I asked my mom. And when she told me, I got really sad, so I asked, well, what can we do to help? How does the money you donate help the cheetahs? We donate it all to Nankuse, the wildlife sanctuary in Namibia. And they mostly use it to buy camera traps and GPS collars. The GPS collars send out signals of where the animal's at every hour or so. And every morning, Nankuse sends that information to the farmer, and the camera traps help document the cheetahs and where they are near. I gotta tell you what, man. What you're doing is absolutely great, Joris. You're a bad man. And if you'd like to help Joris save the cheetahs, you can make a donation on his website, kidsforcheetahs.com. That's gonna do it for us today, folks. Thank y'all for watching. Joris, my man, great job. You wanna see some behind-the-scenes moments from today's show, find us on Facebook. See you next time. ♪ Every good day, every day, every day ♪