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Huckleberry Hill Students Raise $13K For Diabetes

The children pledged to exercise in return for donations.

Children at the Huckleberry Hill Elementary School in raised a whopping $13,000 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in .

The Danbury News-Times reported that most schools raise about $4,000, so Huckleberry Hill went far beyond anyone’s expectation.

The children raised money by pledging to exercise by jumping rope, dancing, playing Nintendo Wii or riding their bikes in return for donations.

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