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Basketball player organizes donations for Hurricane Harvey victims

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Basketball player organizes donations for Hurricane Harvey victims

After seeing the destruction Houston suffered from Hurricane Harvey, Lamont Smith of Duluth, GA was inspired to organize a donation drive to help those in need.

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