LITTLE COMPTON — Three Little Compton girls teamed up recently to help the state’s homeless residents.

The three, Madison Moy, an eighth grader at Wilbur & McMahon School, and Portsmouth High School ninth graders Emma Magnuski and Hannah Reis, set up a gofundme page — they even designed the logo themselves using a free design website. That page, ‘Supplies for homeless in RI,’ quickly managed to raise over $530 (it has climbed some since).

With that money they set off for Target and bought hygiene products that they individually bagged and then delivered to Crossroads RI for that organization to distribute as it sees fit.

““I want to make a change.” It seems to be the biggest need right now.” said Madison. “ They need the most help … We researched the Crossroads website and found a list of items needed. We selected basic hygiene necessities for both men and women to use when they go to the shelter.”

“I decided to help the homeless because it’s unfortunate that they don’t have much to live off of and most people take things that they have for granted,” said Hannah. “We chose the items because they are everyday used items” that most of us can’t imagine trying to do without.

“I hate to see people suffering and having a hard time,” added Emma. These are “items that everyone needs to stay clean and be healthy … I just hope that we can shine a bright light in somebody’s dark cloud and make them happy. Even though I don’t know these people, I try to make a difference in people’s lives … I love making people smile and seeing how happy they are when something good happens to them. I feel better knowing that people are okay.”

“We’re not done with our fundraising,” Madison said.

“We’ve painted ‘prayer boxes’ and will be selling them at my church in Little Compton … My next organization I’d like to help is an animal shelter because I love animals.”

They welcome more contributions on behalf of the homeless — visit https://www.gofundme.com/wewjy9kq