From the age of five, the youngster has been a fundraising champion, actively involving herself in raising money for a number of different charities, causes and organisations.

Her latest venture came from participating in the Macksville Gift Princess competition, where she was crowned Charity Gift Princess.

As Charity Princess winner, Charlotte was given a four-night holiday to the Gold Coast for a family of four, a crown, a sash for charity princess and sash for overall runner-up princess.

And to the surprise of many, Charlotte donated her holiday to Camp Quality.

“I decided as soon as I came off stage what I wanted to do and straight away said ‘mum can I donate it?’, she was surprised but over the moon,” Charlotte said.

“It feels good knowing someone who is not necessarily less fortunate, but who has had something put on them for no reason, like cancer, that they can go away without the added stress of having to pay for everything.

“I think I’m quite fortunate. Anyone who can live without any sickness in their family is lucky to get whatever they get.

“My immediate thought was that if I was ever in that situation I would appreciate it a lot more.

“It makes me feel good knowing that someone who needs it more, and who is always in hospital and may not have even left their town, is getting it.”

Charlotte’s mum Leisa said she was proud but not at all surprised.

“I remember Charlotte saying to me ‘I’m only a little person, but if I can do something and raise all this money, imagine what I can do as an adult’ … and basically she hasn't stopped,” Leisa said.

“She's been fundraising for years for different things that she feels a connection with for whatever reason – she has just got a really big heart.”

The holiday has been donated to a family from Northern NSW. The young boy’s mother said “he's too unwell to attend school today and I've just told him about the holiday. He is so thrilled and his first question was ‘is there a pool? Can I please be allowed to go swimming mum?

“I can’t believe the little girl has given up her holiday for me’.”

* Charlotte’s passion for helping people began when she was a young girl, and the news was flooded with stories about the horrendous Victorian bush fires where 173 lives were lost.

Known as the black Friday bushfires they are considered Australia's all-time worst bushfire disasters.

“I was 5 or 6, watching the Victorian bushfires on tv, the first thing my sister and I said was we wanted to empty out out our piggy banks and donate,” she said.

“At that time, we only had about $50 each or something, but it was something we could do, so we sent all the money we had to them.

“And mum matched it, so we sent $200 all up.”

After that, there was the sudden loss of her basketball coach and mentor. He and his wife were in Fiji when she prematurely gave birth in the back of a taxi.

Charlotte donated $50 out of her pocket to a GoFundMe account to help get them back home.

“When they got back, within eight days, Mr Wren dropped dead of a heart attack at 41,” Leisa said.

“They were very close, she was devastated and after about three days of just crying, she said ‘mum I need to do something about this, poor baby Maddy has no dad’ and I asked what she wanted to do.

“She said she wanted to give them some money, so she made posters and stood outside of the supermarket and raised almost $1000 in three hours. She did it every weekend after that and just kept raising money.”

In Year 5, Charlotte travelled to Fiji and visited a remote school who didn’t have very much. 

“We organised book packs and this started when I was in Year 4,” she said.

“We set up decorated boxes asking people to donate stationary items and things we have at school to take over.

“Everyone helped out … everyday there was nearly a whole other box. We laid it all out, and made pencil cases.

“(we) Ended up getting 50 pencil cases full to the brim and had a stack of school books and reading books as tall as me.

“NAB got on board and donated hats and other pencil packs.”

In the not too distant future, Charlotte wants to start her own charity.

“This is one I've been thinking up for the last few months, I haven't put too much thought into it, but that is my next big goal,” she said.

“Kids are really close to my heart, and I feel like as an adult, as much as it's still horrible if you get sick, you have more support and you've lived more of your life, whereas kids don't really get those opportunities.

“So I want to start something, not even just for cancer, just to support any sick kids and their families. 

“Being in Mini Vinnies, it's helped me see a lot of the community, I feel like if someone is sick, it's a lot closer to my heart.

“I help anyone I can, but I definitely want to start something that can help.

“I know there's a lot of charities out there, but at the end of the day, even if I can just make a charity and we raise money and give it to people, it's going to make a difference somewhere.”