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Nine-Year-Old Celebrates Birthday By Feeding More Than 150 Homeless

| November 21, 2017 @ 5:00 am

By Michael Sznajderman

Celebrating a birthday is an inherently selfish act. But nine-year-old Sydney Coney turned her special day, Nov. 1, into a moment of selfless giving to help the less fortunate.

Coney, daughter of Alabama Power Customer Service Supervisor Erica Lamar-Coney, spent her birthday feeding more than 150 people at Birmingham’s Firehouse Ministries shelter – with the help of family, friends and neighbors.

“They did so much work on this food. I’m just happy,” Coney told ABC 33/40, which made a surprise stop by the shelter to capture the event. Also dropping by was Birmingham Mayor-elect Randall Woodfin, who somehow learned about Coney’s birthday gift to others.

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