When Shetara Sims won $100 on a lottery ticket, she was down to her last seven dollars. But her 12-year-old daughter Rakiya suggested donated the winnings to the family of a Kansas City police officer who had been wounded in the line of duty. Sims agreed with her daughter, and made her $100 donation anonymously.
But word soon spread through the police department. One they learned her identity, officers started a GoFundMe campaign for Sims, Hundreds of people who heard the story reached out and so far they've raised $59,000. Sims and her family also met the coworkers of the injured officer, who is still hospitalized.
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