In her spare time, 12-year-old Zola Orlov likes to do karate, play her tuba and now volunteer.
“I think this has changed me because it has given me a bigger view and now I see the world differently,” Zola told NBC Chicago.
Every other Sunday for the past year and a half, she’s been out and about with Chi Care, handing out meals and other basic items to help homeless and migrant families.
“It made me feel good, like I knew immediately that was definitely something I wanted to do, because it was just the perfect way to help people,” she said.
The seventh-grade student said she has a desire to help after seeing the problem firsthand throughout the city and wanted to give back.
“I see homeless people and it just makes me sad,” she said. “We have more than they have and I just wanted to be able to …