When Sammie Vance was eight, she learned about Buddy Benches (伙伴长凳) from a video. The video showed how these benches helped the children who are 1 . "If someone is sitting alone on the bench, another person can walk to him and ask him to play. "Sammie 2.
Sammie thought her school could use a Buddy Bench, so she and her mom had a talk 3 the headmaster, Sammie 4 the idea of making a bench out of bottle caps (瓶盖)that would help kids and the environment, Her headmaster liked this 5, too.
Sammie painted a picture that showed how a Buddy Bench works. She and her mom put it on the Internet to ask friends and family to keep bottle caps, Some businesses (公司) also 6 some bottle caps for them.
Sammie needed 180 kilograms of bottle caps to make one bench. In just two months, she 7more than 540 kilograms—enough to make three Buddy Benches! She made some benches8 sent them to several schools.
After reaching her goal (目标), Sammie made a new 9 —" Buddy Benches everywhere" She continued to get bottle caps to make benches. She also allowed kids to make Buddy Benches with 10. A few years later, there were benches in a lot of schools.
