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Pokemon Go Players Pitch In To Help Flood Victims

Red River Radio | By Chuck Smith
Published August 30, 2016 at 10:35 AM CDT
Courtesy: Pokemon For Progress

FROM POCKETMONSTERS TO FLOOD RELIEF:   Pokemon Go players in Shreveport have turned their attention from capturing pocketmonsters to pitching in and helping out with things like food drives for local rescue missions to helping out flood victims in South Louisiana.  This story reveals how it all started with a stroll downtown,  a "Hot-Pocket" and a plea for help. 

Credit Courtesy: Pokemon For Progress -Shreveport
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Courtesy: Pokemon For Progress -Shreveport
POKEMON FOR A CAUSE: Jessy Broughton, organizer of Shreveport's Pokemon For Progress shows a collection of food and supplies collected for South Louisiana flood victims recently on their facebook page.

    
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Chuck Smith
Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' broadcast and media experience to Red River Radio. He began his career as a radio news reporter and transitioned to television journalism and newsmagazine production. Chuck studied mass communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.
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