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Lots of empty tin cans

San Jose Teenager Turns $100 Seed Money Into $34K For Charity

Source: NBC Bay Area

Read about how 11-year-old Sonali Ranaweera, with the help of her friends, turned $100 – and a lot of old tin cans and bottles – into $34,000 to donate to charity.

This entry was posted in Guided by a Cause and tagged Culture & Society, People on April 1, 2016 by annettebrennan.

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