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  • At just 10 years old, our next guest

  • is raising money for people who can't afford hearing aids.

  • And if you think that's sweet, here's

  • what happened when we told him he was coming on the show.

  • We want to invite you to the Ellen Show.

  • [EXCITED SCREAMING]

  • Will you get up off the floor?

  • Get up off the floor.

  • [CRYING]

  • I'm just so happy.

  • Oh, my gosh.

  • From Fort Worth, Texas, please welcome Braden Baker.

  • [MUSIC PLAYING]

  • That was just the best reaction ever.

  • You fell off your chair.

  • Yeah.

  • It was fantastic.

  • OK, so, you're 10 years old and you were born almost completely

  • deaf.

  • Not all the way.

  • How much hearing do you have?

  • Well, before I say that, it's just so crazy

  • to be here and meeting you.

  • This is my biggest inspiration This

  • is the best moment in my life.

  • That's really sweet.

  • Thank you so much.

  • So, yeah, I was born with a bilateral hearing loss.

  • It's about 75% deaf, and so I've been wearing hearing aids

  • since I was about seven--

  • a baby.

  • A baby, like, seven months old?

  • Yes.

  • OK.

  • And the way you came up with this idea, what

  • happened to your hearing aids that

  • made you think of this idea?

  • Well, my dog actually ate my hearing aids twice,

  • and my mom actually got really mad at me.

  • Yeah, they're expensive, I guess.

  • Yeah, they're really expensive.

  • Your mom was just dancing.

  • First of all, your mom's a great dancer.

  • [INAUDIBLE]

  • [APPLAUSE]

  • Is that the dog that ate your hearing aids?

  • Yeah, that's Chewy.

  • OK.

  • You name the dog Chewy.

  • You asked for it.

  • And what did you, what did your parents say to you?

  • Well, they kind of give me a lesson

  • about how we were lucky that we can afford another pair

  • and how like some people can't afford some.

  • And that just made me feel bad for the people who

  • couldn't hear.

  • OK.

  • Which is what most people would feel, but then

  • what did you decide to do?

  • Well, I watch your show and I always show you giving back,

  • and it just inspired me to start a GoFundMe campaign.

  • So I started a fundraiser.

  • To try to raise, your goal was $1,000?

  • Yeah.

  • OK.

  • My goal was $1,000.

  • And how much have you raised?

  • A little over $23,000.

  • [APPLAUSE]

  • That's amazing!

  • Thank you.

  • That's amazing.

  • So you're 10.

  • When are you going to be 11?

  • I turn 11 November 14.

  • That's soon.

  • Yeah.

  • Pretty soon.

  • And what do you want?

  • You want a trip for your birthday, right?

  • Yeah.

  • Where do you want to go?

  • We're going to Guatemala.

  • Oh wow.

  • What makes you want to go to Guatemala?

  • With the money we raised, we got about 100 hearing aids,

  • and we're going to go hand out hearing aids

  • to kids and adults who can't afford them

  • [APPLAUSE]

  • That's your birthday present?

  • That's an amazing thing that a 10-year-old for your birthday

  • wants to go to Guatemala and hand out hearing

  • aids for people who need them.

  • That's amazing.

  • I got you an early birthday gift.

  • This is an iPad Pro, which I think

  • you're going to like whole lot.

  • Oh, my god!

  • All right.

  • All right.

  • Braden has raised over $23,000 for people

  • who can't afford hearing aids, and if you

  • want to help, please, I want you to go to his GoFundMe page

  • and we can direct you there.

  • Go to our web site, because I want

  • to continue to help with whatever he's doing.

  • And you know I'm partnered with Cheerios, because we're

  • looking for people that are doing good,

  • and you are doing good.

  • You're doing a lot of good.

  • So, this is--

  • Look at the size.

  • This is a huge box of Cheerios, because Cheerios

  • is trying to do this whole campaign of doing good,

  • they say they want to give you extra Cheerios,

  • and so if you want to reach down in there

  • and see if there's anything in there.

  • Sometimes you know there's like treats and stuff.

  • You should reach down and see if there's anything in there.

  • Did you get anything?

  • Not yet?

  • I'm looking for it.

  • It's a big box, I know.

  • Keep going.

  • Don't try this at home.

  • Anything?

  • Nothing yet?

  • No, I can't find

  • Nothing?

  • All right.

  • I can pour some out.

  • I have a bowl.

  • This is like--

  • OK.

  • No, still nothing.

  • Let's see if there's anything in there now.

  • That's $20,000.

  • Oh my god.

  • Thank you so much.

  • Oh, my god.

  • $20,000!

  • Oh, my god!

  • Thank you so much.

  • You're welcome so much, Braden.

  • You can participate in one million acts of good.

  • Go to our website.

  • Tell us your story, what you're doing,

  • and, again, we want to follow your story.

  • So I want to have you back on the show.

  • I want your mother to continue to dance on the show.

  • And we're going to, really, whatever

  • you can do, help him out.

  • Because I love to encourage kids like this that are doing just

  • selfless acts like this, at this age.

  • That's pretty amazing.

At just 10 years old, our next guest

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