{
  "id": 5206444,
  "title": "12-year-old Staten Island boy sells drinks to fund backpack giveaway for kids",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/12-year-old-staten-island-boy-sells-drinks-to-fund-backpack-giveaway",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-02T18:15:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/meet-tamir-lewis-the-12-year-old-staten-island-student-who-sells-drinks-at-basketball-games-and-is-now-organising-his-own-backpack-giveaway-for-local-children/articleshow/133718190.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Meet 12-year-old Staten Island student Tamir Lewis, who has turned his entrepreneurial spirit into a community initiative. Known for selling drinks and ices at local basketball games, Tamir is now organising a backpack giveaway to help children prepare for the new school year, with donated backpacks, school supplies, food and community support making the event possible.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}