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Incoming BU freshman collects funds needed for AIDS orphan home
From Trib staffer Terri Jo Ryan:
Kristen Elliott, 18, an incoming Baylor University freshman this fall, has successfully raised the $60,000 she sought to make her wish come true to fund a home for the AIDS orphans of Zambia.
The plucky cancer survivor, who graduates from Katy’s Faith West Academy this month, had asked the Make-A-Wish Foundation for seed money to start the ball rolling.
After her story was aired on ABC World News Tonight earlier his month, in fact, more than $100,000 has been collected as of May 7.
Kristin’s Miracle House is being built inside the Tree of Life Children’s Village complex on the outskirts of Zambia’s capital city of Lusaka. Altogether, there will be 25 homes for over 300 kids. Kristin’s Miracle House is the seventh house being built by Family Legacy Missions International. Any excess funds collected are going to “Kristin’s Miracle Clinic for AIDS Orphans” at the Tree of Life Children’s Village.
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