Headline: Small girl's generosity is paid off in Barbies Author: Associated Press ST. GEORGE -- Four-year-old Jayde Cluff was so moved by New York's plight that she gave all she had -- 60 cents -- to the Twin Towers Fund. A few days after the Sept. 11 attacks, Jayde handed her savings to her mother, Sarah, and said, "This can build the towers again." "I just started to cry," her mother said. Each dime was Jayde's weekly pay for cleaning her room and making her bed every day. She was saving them toward the $1 that was to be her portion of the price of a Barbie doll. Instead they went into an envelope, along with an explanation of Jayde's sacrifice, and mailed to New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, where accounts of Jayde's generosity touched hearts throughout the city. The New York Post published a story Tuesday about the girl's selfless act and was inundated with telephone calls wanting to know about the little girl. On Thursday, two giant boxes arrived at the Cluff home. In them were 15 Barbies and accessories, courtesy of Mattel Inc., the doll maker. Another doll came from a New York hotel. "It is because of your generosity that we are proud to be Americans," said a letter from staff of the New York Doubletree. "We sent you this Angel (Barbie) because you are our angel." "There is such an incredible lesson that everyone can learn from this girl," Mattel spokeswoman Lisa Marie Bongiovanni said Thursday. "When you give of yourself, it comes back to you." Lots of children have been doing the same thing. Pennies taped to papers have been pouring into the Twin Towers Fund, which will benefit families of fallen firefighters and police. But Tamra Roberts Lhota, who oversees the fund, said the group was particularly touched by Jayde's generosity. "For her, helping others was more important than a Barbie doll," Lhota said. "Speaking as a mother I know the sacrifice she made, and her donation means just as much to me as any million-dollar gift." Jayde promised to share her dolls with her three older sisters and has set aside one doll. "I want to send this to the little girl that lost her daddy because the bad men crashed the airplane into the building." "Jayde keeps talking about this little girl she saw on television, so I want to find her so we can send her the doll," Sarah Cluff said. Sarah Cluff said she would like to send other dolls to other little girls who lost a parent in the twin tower attacks. "Those kids need to know someone cares and loves them," she said. ---------- Copyright 2001, Deseret News Publishing Co.