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Bringing Him Home: DeFranco Family Hosts Fundraiser for Their Son

Laura Jackson Roberts
September 2, 2017
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While you’re reading this, a little boy waits. He’s on the other side of the world, right now, in China. He goes to school there, he’s got friends, and his basic needs are met. He likes to dance and sing and be...

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