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Michael Reyes
Michael Reyes
Senior Reporter · Schenectady, NY
Michael Reyes, a graduate of Columbia University, has spent over a decade reporting on Albany's economic landscape. His previous roles include business journalism at the Daily Gazette and freelance work for several financial publications. He specializes in uncovering the effects of local policies on small businesses and entrepreneurship.
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@keyframes spin { 0% { transform:rotate(0deg); } 100% { transform:rotate(360deg); } } Hatsgiving Hatsgiving is celebrating a heartwarming milestone with 74,000 hats collected and shipped to pediatric cancer patients since Jeremy Wernick started the effort at age 8 in 2012. What began with a few hundred hats at Forts Ferry Elementary now reaches over 100 hospitals each year with warm soft styles that bring comfort and a little fun. Viewers can join in through November 15 by dropping off hats at Sunmark, Main-Care Energy and some schools or by making a tax-deductible shipping donation at hatsgiving.org. The post You can drop off hats by Nov. 15 for kids with cancer appeared first on WNYT.com NewsChannel 13.
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