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Jun 26, 2009 at 10:40 AM EDT
Story Updated:
Jul 1, 2009 at 12:55 PM EDT
PARKLAND, Wash. (AP) - A lack of money to cover funeral expenses for a community activist in Washington state has prompted her family and friends to raise money in a manner familiar to neighborhood organizations: They held a car wash and bake sale.
Moni Hoy, who once worked with Yolanda Ramos at a neighborhood safety program called Safe Streets, says Tuesday's fundraising efforts yielded about $1,100. The News Tribune of Tacoma says motorists contributed as much as $100 apiece.
Ramos, a 43-year-old single mother of seven, died June 16.
The family still needs about $1,300 to pay the $4,000 cost of a service and burial planned for Saturday.
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