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Community member donates holiday gifts for 74 students at BTW Elementary

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When Billy Martinez learned that Communities In Schools was looking for holiday gifts for CIS students at Booker T. Washington Elementary school, he volunteered to give a toy to each of the 74 students on the CIS caseload.Billy is battling colorectal cancer stage IV and says that helping others helps him feel alive. "Seeing smiles and joy helps me forget about what I am going through,” he says.In addition to the toy donation, Billy and his family donated teddy bears for the CIS calming corner on campus, and shoes and clothes for the CIS Clothing Closet.CIS Program Manager Nadia Castilla ...

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