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‘Santa' brightens Christmas for family

Birmingham Eccentric12/18/2011

The bags were packed, the tickets in hand, and the Abazi family was ready to go to Disney World. It never happened. The trip was planned for March. Redi Abazi, 32, a popular teacher at Derby Middle School, had been diagnosed with gastric cancer a year earlier in 2010. He immediately started treatment but...

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Rochester student turns author...

Channel 7 WXYZ12/15/2011

17-year-old Megan D’Arcy has a 4.0 GPA, is taking six AP classes this semester, and is captain of the varsity tennis team. To use her own words, the senior at Stoney Creek High School in Rochester has triumphed over tragedy. “That’s something that I’m also proud of, that I can move forward and honor my dad,...

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Southfield family gets Christmas surprise

C & G news.com12/14/2011

Dominica Harris, 40, and her four kids got an early Christmas surprise Dec. 11 when Santa Claus rang the bell of their Southfield home and rendered them speechless. As carolers belted out holiday tunes and workmen loaded present after present into the Harris home, Dominica Harris was overwhelmed. “I wasn’t...

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After Loss of Dad, Birmingham Family...

Birmingham Patch12/12/2011

Tommy, Sarah and Matthew Abazi will be celebrating their first Christmas without their dad this year. However, thanks to Yatooma's Foundation for the Kids, this holiday season will be more than memorable for this Birmingham family. On Sunday, Yatooma's Foundation for the Kids surprised Tommy, 5; Sarah, 3; Matthew,...

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Lake Orion family overwhelmed by...

The Oakland Press12/12/2011

When 42-year-old Tammy Harriman, a mother of three boys, opened the door of her home in Lake Orion on a bright and chilly day, she was overwhelmed by what she saw: a Santa, a crowd of more than 50 people and two trucks loaded with Christmas gifts. Hers was one of three families selected this year by Yatooma’s...

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