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Hundreds of neighbours rally to give a 9-year-old with cancer one last Christmas

Hundreds of neighbours rally to give a 9-year-old with cancer one last Christmas

NZ Herald30-06-2025
Kelly Zocks doesn't usually go all out for Christmas. She might hang some twinkly lights, maybe put up a wreath on the red door of her home.
But on the last Saturday in June, following a week of dangerously hot temperatures in the Washington DC region, Zocks dotted her walkway
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