Last week, a number of students at Sandalwood Elementary School in Essex received new shoes as part of an initiative to support children in low-income areas.
Around 250 students at Sandalwood Elementary School were overjoyed when they found out they would be leaving school on Tuesday with a pair of new sneakers from FedEx Cares.
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