7-year-old donates Communion cash to camp for kids fighting cancer

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — When Loretta Russo found out about a free camp geared to give summer fun back to kids who are fighting cancer, the 7-year-old decided to help the only way she knew how: By donating the $200 she received as First Communion gifts to the Lucille and Jay Chazanoff Sunrise Day Camp.

Loretta, who calls Eltingville home, made the donation during a Verrazano Kiwanis Club fundraiser for the day camp at the Marina Cafe in Great Kills. She first heard about the camp from her uncle, Steve Argentine, a founding board member of the Verrazano Kiwanis