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Smithtown's Mills Pond Kids Raise $900 For American Heart Association

The students participated in Hoops for Hearts, playing a three-point challenge, relay races and basketball games.

ST. JAMES, NY — Fourth and fifth graders at Mills Pond Elementary had a nice workout for a cause when they participated in Hoops for Hearts, raising more than $900 for the American Heart Association, the Smithtown School District announced.

The students gathered together on Thursday to compete in a three-point challenge, relay races and basketball games.

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