‘I just wanted to help people;’ Colorado Springs student starts fundraiser for military families during government shutdown

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – When one Colorado Springs eighth grade student heard about the government shutdown and that causing financial uncertainty for military families, he asked his principal how he could help.

Jaxson Smith goes to Cheyenne Mountain Junior High School.

“I just wanted to help the military families struggling through this difficult time of the shutdown,” Jaxson said. “My dad is a veteran, so every time we celebrate Veterans Day, we always just celebrate it by just doing something fun.”…

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