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In 2012, a four-year-old
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The non-profit focuses on three specific short-term goals: providing transportation for patients, covering the cost of medical procedures not covered by the
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decision was credited with saving Rozana's life. Ron Finkel, after hearing the story, was inspired to create an organization which could promote goodwill between
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