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Nebraska Girl Raises $911 to Help Pilger Rebuild

good-newsLINDSAY, Neb. (AP) — A 9-year-old Nebraska girl managed to raise $911 to help the tornado-ravaged town of Pilger rebuild by selling homemade bracelets this summer.

Halle Beller said she came up with the idea of selling bracelets because she wanted to help after a June 16 tornado caused heavy damage in Pilger.

Halle is a fourth grader who attends Lindsay Holy Family School about 50 miles southwest of Pilger. She recently got a chance to present a check to the Pilger Economic Development Fund Board.

Halle made about 350 bracelets and sold them after church services in July.

LeeAnn Westerhaus says the money will be donated to a Pilger family that is rebuilding. Roughly three-quarters of the town of 350 was damaged or destroyed by the storm.

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