Sophie Marie Bennett, from Walsall, set up a campaign to give school bags and supplies to children.
A woman who set up a campaign to provide school bags and supplies for children from struggling families has been rewarded with a trip to Florida.
She said she would never have been able to afford the holiday herself and was "totally shocked" to have been picked.Each backpack costs just over £17 and she set up an online fundraising page to ask for donations.Sophie Marie Bennett, from Walsall, said two friends had "sneakily" put her name forward
She also said she hoped to lift some of the financial burden on families in the Birmingham, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Sandwell areas.Her appearance on ITV came as a complete surprise and she said: "My two best friends had arranged it, sneakily, behind my back.""I didn't even know we'd got tickets on the plane, I was just shocked we were on TV," she told BBC Radio WM.
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