Help Local Children with Special Needs through Run4Kayla

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FORT MYERS, Fla. This weekend, it’s time to lace up your sneakers and hit the pavement for a good cause. Run4Kayla is happening this Saturday at Patriot Elementary School, and all the proceeds from the event will go to help local children with special needs. Kayla and Charyse Smith joined us in the studio to tell us more about the special day.

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