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Students in Julie Chelli's third grade class at Valley Grove Elementary have been selling candy canes to raise money for the family of Xavier Tilford, a nurse at Community Hospital with two children at Valley Grove, who died in a car crash on her way to work on the morning of Nov. 30.
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Fifth grader Ian Evans, right, buys a candy cane from Jordyn Wills (L-R), Mariah Snell, Mercedes Warner and Autry Smith Thursday. Students in Julie Chelli's third grade class at Valley Grove Elementary have been selling candy canes to raise money for the family of Xavier Tilford, a nurse at Community Hospital with two children at Valley Grove, who died in a car crash on her way to work on the morning of Nov. 30.
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From left, mariah Snell and Mercedes Warner count the money Julie Chelli's third grade class at Valley Grove Elementary has made selling candy cans Thursday morning. The class has been selling candy canes to raise money for the family of Xavier Tilford, a nurse at Community Hospital with two children at Valley Grove, who died in a car crash on her way to work on the morning of Nov. 30.
Don Knight / The Herald Bulletin

Candy canes sign of caring

Third-graders raise money for mourning family

By Barrett Newkirk, Herald Bulletin Staff Writer

Along with support from the school, the Tilfords have received help from Community Hospital, local businesses and some secret Santas. An anonymous donor gave the family a 1998 Ford Taurus to replace the car lost in the wreck.

“Everybody’s been doing so much,” Dominic Tilford said. “I’m still in a daze right now. I’m trying to make things work and get back on my feet the way I should be.”

For the students, the candy canes project has meant a lesson they can take away from the classroom.

“What goes around, comes around,” ArTez Johnson said. “If you help somebody, then when you need help they will help you.”

To contribute to a fund for Xavier Tilford’s family, call Community Hospital at (765) 298-5138.

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