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Victoria Benson - Rosie's birthday club

Posted Sep 27, 2018

Rosie's is an all volunteer organization that celebrates the birthdays of children that live in poverty. We can only do this with volunteers to adopt these birthdays. We need 1000 birthdays adopted each year. We need to show these children their birthday matters that they matter

Hosted by: Ellee Pai Hong Produced by: Greater Chicago Newsmakers Team

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