Not many people can refuse a 3-year-old girl asking for help or a 7-year-old holding a bucket for donations. It’s almost a natural instinct to dig into pockets to drop money in the bucket. For Mackenzie Kaloupek, 7, and her 3-year-old sister, Lexi, this tendency helped them with a service mission for Grace Lutheran Church — they stood in front of Hy-Vee for 90 minutes after church last Sunday and took in more than $200, money that will go to the Lord’s Cupboard as part of Grace’s Kids’ Big Give. They could have stayed longer, but it was nap time. The Big Give project at Grace handed out 14 envelopes holding $20 bills to youngsters during the children’s sermon. There are a few rules: • The money cannot be kept. It must be given away to someone or something. • Money could be donated to a worthy cause, split between two or more projects, purchase a product at a reduced rate and resold for more money pr buy food for the food pantry.