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Us the other day, we were over there and she said dominick likes to go into the bathroom now and he shuts the door and he doesn't -- he tries to hide in the house. before they never -- they could always find him, now they have to look for him. he likes to play a little game and, you know, scoot in little places. like i said, we were over there the other day and it's just incredible what the community did. if it wasn't for the community we never would have been able to build this house for the stratton family. we are just -- even looking at dominick the other day when we were over there, he is ...

>> well, everyone in my class went to classes and we just collected penny, dimes and nickels, dollars, it didn't really matter. and then we brought them back and then we had them in ziploc baggies and we just gave them to someone. >> and how did that make you feel, hanna? >> it made me feel really proud that we raised enough money for his house. >> oh. and you know what, you and your classmates raised $3,400 in coins. that's just amazing. and then, pam, you know, just from where this started and what it turned into, how did it affect the family, how did it affect dominick? what's life now for ...

Home. whereas before he couldn't. >> that's incredible. finally, hanna, why is it so important to help little boys like dominick? >> well, he's just one little boy in a whole entire world that we need to help, because he had cerebral palsy. he lived in a chicken coop. we wanted to raise money so it would be better for him. >> yeah, it's important to give back. hanna o'hare, you did that ten-fold with all your classmates. what a fabulous young lady you are. you're going to no doubt grow up to be a terrific woman. pam, so glad you stopped by and left that note. you have changed the lives of a pr...

And i assured her it was not a joke, i'm the one that has been leaving the gifts in her door the past few years. >> and what's amazing is that how this project has expanded and seeing pictures, i believe we have them, of dominick's home now which are just incredible. hanna, that's when you got involved. you and all your classmates you guys fell in love with dominick. you wanted to help out. tell me why you personally wanted to help this little boy. >> well, i was always -- it was always helpful and i always wanted to meet him. so i raised money for him and i loved him the first time i seen him...

Palsy. the idea was to raise enough money for dominick stratton to his family could buy a new home. for their hard work, dominick's family's home was a 617 square foot converted chicken coop without clean water. and with nowhere for dominick to perform the physical therapy that he needs every single day. pam and hanna, just 9 years old by the way, joining us from philadelphia. we're so glad you could join us and tell us about how you got involved in helping dominick. pam, you used to drive by their house and you would see how people would honk at them while they were trying to get dominick in ...