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Thousands Already Raised for Marino Family Online
A friend is hoping to raise at least $5,000 to help with funeral costs.
A friend started an online fundraiser Monday for the family of a Kent State Student who died in a car crash on Easter Sunday.
Kent State Student Joseph "JJ" Marino died on Sunday in Alabama after suffering injuries from a car crash Saturday driving back from a spring break trip with four others.
Marino was the passenger in the 2001 Ford. Click here for more details and to find out what people are saying on social media about the student's death.
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The goal is to raise $5,000 to help with funeral costs. At 1 p.m. Monday, more than $4,000 was donated on GiveForward.com.
According to the note on the site, any additional money raised after the $5,000 goal is met will go to a charity that the Marino family chooses.
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