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Volunteers Bring Sweet Relief To North Texas Shelters

Published September 5, 2017 at 11:52 AM CDT
Diamond Compton, 9 and brother Josiah Anderson, 6 enjoy ice cream at the Walnut Hill Recreation Center shelter. They evacuated to North Texas from Port Arthur. (Courtney Collins/KERA)
Diamond Compton, 9 and brother Josiah Anderson, 6 enjoy ice cream at the Walnut Hill Recreation Center shelter. They evacuated to North Texas from Port Arthur. (Courtney Collins/KERA)

Thousands of people who were displaced by Hurricane Harvey are being sheltered in Dallas. Volunteers decided to bring a little bit of fun to the evacuees including free ice cream, zoo and museum passes and football tickets.

Courtney Collins ( @courtneylc82) of KERA reports.

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