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Rockford 4-H’ers raise money for nationwide disaster victims
As another disaster strikes the
nation, two 4-H’ers model the 4-H pledge by lending their hands to larger service for not just their community and state but nationwide. Currently raising money for Oklahoma tornado victims, 17-year-old Grace DeGelder and 19‑year‑old Dylan Rodriguez also locally collected pop cans and donations that went to 45 families who fell victim to Hurricane Sandy. “We saw people on TV and saw the devastation happening,” DeGelder said. “We watched someone getting interviewed on TV say that they had supplies for Thanksgiving but nothing to give their kids for Christmas. We wanted to help make sure that those children had a Christmas.”
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