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In Yutan (NE), 9-year-old collects over $6K to buy gifts for needy children
http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/in-yutan--year-old-collects-over-k-to-buy/article_23a18dda-27a4-5230-9beb-b1dff3baf116.html
Posted: Thursday, December 25, 2014 1:00 am
By Betsie Freeman / World-Herald staff writer
He’s a 9-year-old towhead, a sturdy kid who loves to speed skate at the ice rink, ride his bike in his neighborhood and dig large holes in the backyard — the latest, he says, is for a hot tub.
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SARAH HOFFMAN
At left, Oliver with his dad, Darin, looking at toys.
And he’s blind.
Oliver Egr has a degenerative condition called Batten’s disease. Eventually, he could lose his ability to communicate and forget much of what he’s learning in school.
To scores of kids in Yutan, Nebraska, and beyond, however, he’s simply a Christmas angel.
FULL story and more photos at link.
