South Side girl, inventor earns $5K check on 'Strahan, Sara and Keke'

Saturday, February 15, 2020
CHICAGO (WLS) -- In case you missed it, Chicago is proud of 8-year-old inventor Kailey McGuire from the South Side.

She was invited to "Strahan, Sara and Keke" to show off her "Kids Fun Portable Sink."
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McGuire won an invention contest at her South Side school with a design for a portable sink. She said there was one time she was at the beach and wanted to eat some potato chips, but ran into a problem.

"I had just finished playing in the sand but there was nowhere to wash my hands nearby," she said. "Then I thought, what if I had a sink I could carry with me to wash my hands and eat the snacks?"

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They created the sink so they'd have a way to keep their hands clean on-the-go.
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McGuire showed Michael Strahan how to use it.



She and other "kidventors" featured on Friday's show also got a nice surprise.

Entrepreneur and investor Kim Perrell presented each of them with checks for $5,000.
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