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Charity, Not Valentines, from These Youngsters [VIDEO]

First graders at Primrose Elementary team up with the Red Cross to create comfort kits for other local youngsters in need.

Though Stephanie Crispinelli passed away so young, her legacy at Primrose Elementary School in Somers—and throughout the Lower Hudson Valley—is an enduring one.

The young woman died while volunteering for earthquake relief in Haiti in 2008, and in her memory, a town tradition was born.

For the second consecutive year, the Crispinelli family, Westchester Red Cross and Primrose Elementary teamed up to create Steph's Comfort Kits—packages for youngsters who are the victims of fires, floods or other natural disasters.

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