Patch Portrait: The 11-year-old Social Entrepreneur

This week's Patch Portraits was produced and edited by Philip Downie, Sara Fay, Andrea Hart and Carrie Porter. Check back on Mondays for the next installment.

Also showcased, Morton Grove's superhero coffee man and a Glenview mother who carried her second child while battling Leukemia.

Alli Sharifi has a business card, and chances are it's got more flair than yours.

But it suits her business, Creative Services For Kids, perfectly. She is available for face painting and other entertainment at birthday parties. Sharifi also plans a summer day camp for her youngest sister and her friends that's packed with arts and crafts and the occassional dysfunctional soccer game.

"They're kind of young so it didn't work out so well," Sharifi said.

The price of the camp is enough to cover the cost of supplies, and Alli donates whatever money is left to the charity of her choice each year. So far, she's donated to an organization that builds schools in Angola and Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

Sharifi said she hopes to expand her camp as her campers get a little older, but for now she enjoys planning age-appropriate activities and being a camp counselor.