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Children raise funds.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(Ridglea Hills Elementary School children raise money for officer Dwayne Freeto's family)(Brief article)

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Fort Worth, Texas, police officer Dwayne Freeto was killed in the line of duty last December after his patrol car was struck by a suspected drunken driver. When a group of second graders at the city's Ridglea Hills Elementary School learned about the tragic incident, they decided they wanted to do something to help the late officer's family.

According to the Dallas News, the students spent two weeks selling wristbands and collecting donations to ...

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