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School holds charity event in honor of family

Posted: 08.16.2011 at 6:55 AM

Laurel Constantinides and her three adopted children died in Wyoming last month. / FOX21: file photo

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- A Colorado Springs high school is planning a 5K run and a charity walk that would benefit Chinese orphanages in honor of four local family members who died in Wyoming last month.

Alex and Laurel Constantinides were leaving a Wyoming campground when their van was plunged into a hole and swept away by raging flood waters.

Alex survived, but Laurel and their three adopted children Hannah, Zoe, and Lucy were all killed in the accident.

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Doherty High School will host the event on Aug. 27 and the $20 entry donations will go to the Half the Sky Foundation.

The Half the Sky Foundation helps children in Chinese orphanages, a cause the Constantinides were passionate about.

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