Meet Sawyer Tinsley, Florida teen who raised $25K for rescue pets after fostering a kitten saved her from loneliness

School life is different from what most movies show. While some get to cruise through it in their main character era, others have to suffer through deep loneliness where they struggle to find community and support. For Sawyer Tinsley, going to school was overwhelming and lonely. Her first year of middle school was not going well since most of her old friends had shifted to a different school district in Jupiter, Florida. Moreover, due to COVID-19, it was difficult to make new friends with faces behind masks. "You would have to be six feet away, you couldn't really speak, you had masks on, you couldn't really see people. So, it started there when I was just like ... this is hard, like, this is hard to do school in these conditions," she said to WBPF News. "It was the best thing for helping me transition during COVID time when it was really hard."Every day she would rush to her home from school and head straight to her room, sad and frustrated. But one day, when she opened her bedroom door, her mood instantly lifted because waiting there was her latest foster kitten from Palm Beach Purrs. Its loud purring and affectionate nature made her feel less alone and soon she had an idea.Findi...