Thousands of brand-new school uniforms — ready to be donated — were ruined in Chicago's weekend flooding.
"We weren't prepared for it. We didn't expect it. No one in Chicago expected it, who were traumatized by this incident," said Anchor Chicago's Founder and CEO, Hyson Harper. "And due to this flood, we lost approximately 900 uniforms for children to go back to school."
"The whole thing of it is: seeing the excitement of a kid opening up and taking the tags off of a brand-new item to go back to school," said Harper. "It boosts their self-esteem. It lets them know that we may not have it, but we're able to get new stuff, too."
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