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CONNELL — Toppenish swept Zillah, beating the Leopards for the third time this season, to win the SCAC district championship and secure their first state trip since 1993.
The student had brothers and was used to wearing their hand-me-downs, Andi said. "I went to my closet and got the clothes (and shoes) that I had outgrown," the Shreve Elementary fifth-grader recalled. "I gave them to her at school the next day. And she was really happy." The warm gesture – and her friend's happy tears – sparked Andi's idea for a Kindness Closet, a place students can visit during the school day to "shop" for a few new or gently worn garments. Andi, 10, is working to stock and organize the closet for students from families with limited incomes or simply in need of essen...