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April 23, 2013 08:53 pm GMT

College Students Raise $375K for Boston Charity

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Within hours of last Monday's Boston Marathon bombing, a pair of college students had already scraped together a plan to raise money for victims and their families.

Nick Reynolds and Chris Dobens, from Emerson University in Boston, contacted Milwaukee-based design company Ink to the People on Monday night with hopes to design and distribute T-shirts that read "Boston Strong," and donate all collected proceeds to One Fund Boston, a charity organized to help those most affected by the attack. Despite an initial goal of $1,500, the two raised more than $375,000 for the charity in seven days. Read more...

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