Lethbridge girl advances to quarterfinals of Ranger Rick magazine competition - BERITAJA

Sometimes, a small spot of courageousness could spell a agelong way.

For seven-year-old Olivia Friesen, that courageousness came successful the shape of entering a mag contest.

“It’s been huge, moreover for me,” said Olivia’s father, Jared. “To spot the organization that’s travel about Olivia, it’s really challenged maine to think, ‘Oh, I really want to do immoderate of these things arsenic well. I want to put myself retired location and turn more.’ I deliberation it’s cool to there’s been a shared gift successful that.”

Olivia entered the Jr. Ranger Competition by Ranger Rick, a mag affiliated pinch the American non-profit, National Wildlife Federation (NWF).

Now, she’s successful the quarterfinals.

“We would conscionable make videos and whoever wanted to ballot for me, they would,” said Olivia.

Her mother, Waiyola, says the votes person travel from each over, helping beforehand her girl this far.

“We are incredibly grateful and benignant of successful awe of each the support we’ve received.”

For Olivia, it’s arsenic if her full life has been starring up to this benignant of thing.

“(Olivia) was really beautiful sick for the first 3 years of her life. That moved america to a portion of our life wherever we spent a batch much clip outdoors, conscionable to bring treatment to her body,” said Waiyola.

That early life vulnerability has fixed Olivia a existent emotion of each point quality — and a passionate ngo to thief the Earth.

“I conscionable want to thief everything turn and I conscionable emotion animals,” said Olivia.

Her sister, Norah, has go a large cheerleader, successful summation to being a large sister.

“If she wins, it’s going to consciousness bully for her and consciousness bully for me.”

The victor of the Ranger Rick title will get to spell connected a wildlife escapade pinch Jeff Corwin, beryllium featured successful an version of the mag and person $20,000.

For Olivia, this would mean a fewer things — fun, possibly a cool caller toy, and a chance to bring her full family to her mom’s location state of Bolivia.

“We’ve wanted to spell location for days and years and each that stuff,” said Olivia.

As of publication, Olivia is successful 5th spot successful her group. Voting could return spot astatine jr-ranger.org, pinch larger quantities of votes requiring donations to the NWF.

The voting clip for the quarterfinals runs until May 21.