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The true spirit of giving.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(fundraising for Hudon family)
Like many others, Nathan Burditt, a senior at Memorial High School in Manchester, New Hampshire, got swept up in the shopping frenzy last November. He waited 34 hours outside a Target store in suburban Hooksett to be among the first to buy a Sony PlayStation 3 electronic game machine. But his persistence paid off, it seemed, as he actually was able to purchase two of the $600 PlayStations.
After giving one of the devices to his mother to pay off a debt, Nathan returned to school on the Monday after his shopping spree and told his civics and history teacher, Christine Monahan, about his success. When his teacher learned that he had acquired two PlayStation 3s, she jokingly suggested that he donate one to a fundraising raffle she was organizing to benefit a local family named Hudon. The Hudons had two teenagers with serious illnesses: 15-year-old Stephanie was recovering from bone cancer in her right arm, and her 18-year-old brother Kevin had recently been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma.
"I was just floored," Monahan told the Manchester Union Leader about her reaction when she learned about the Hudons' misfortunes. "I couldn't believe this family had to go through this again. These are the nicest kids. She and her brother--you ...
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