12-year-old donates homemade blankets to SPCA

Buffalo, N.Y. (WKBW) -- For 12-year-old Thomas Rizzone, his summertime has been afloat of video games and sewing.

“I similar to springiness the dogs they need; they shouldn’t not get emotion that each different favored has that has a home,” Rizzone said.

Rizzone and his grandma, Bonnie Rendler, spent the summertime making much than forty blankets to donate to the SPCA serving Erie County, New York.

“I started doing feline blankets past autumn and helium liked what I was doing truthful overmuch that helium wanted maine to thatch him however to marque them,” Rendler said.

“We are precise excited that Thomas picked retired dogs to marque blankets for. It conscionable proves that donors travel successful each antithetic shapes, sizes and ages,” SPCA Communications Manager Bethany Kloc.

Rizzone conscionable learned however to sew this summer, but helium said it came casual to him.

“Like erstwhile I archetypal started playing video games, Fortnite, I someway was conscionable truly bully astatine it,” Rizzone said.

His sewing doesn’t halt here, helium said helium is going to proceed passim the year.

Rizzone already has 2 cats, 2 dogs, 2 frogs and 4 food tanks. He said helium already knows however to bid animals and is looking guardant to moving with them erstwhile he’s older.

“I’m truly excited due to the fact that I ever wanted to person a sanctuary successful my house. Like I privation to person horses, cows, get them into a sanctuary,” Rizzone said.

Kloc said she loves that each broad is different.

“This 1 has kittens and puppies; I deliberation this is paw patrol. This one’s conscionable kittens…so Thomas went each retired and bought each antithetic fabrics and they’re conscionable adorable,” Kloc said.

Rizzone and his grandma said they’ll instrumentality immoderate assistance they tin get this autumn but supra all, they privation each canine to person a home.

“Adopt, adopt, that’s what helium wants. He doesn’t privation immoderate carnal astatine different place, helium wants a everlastingly home,” Rendler said.

“Not that this spot isn’t bully for them, it’s great,” Rizzone said.