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Local UNIFYed Special Olympics basketball players (clockwise, from bottom) A.J. Cloud, Clinton Tiden, Bryan Olinger and Jacey Leeper recently finished local fundraising with the help of Sidney merchants. Approximately $2,400 was raised, with Cloud collecting around $2,000 of it. The funds will be used to defray the cost of travel, uniforms, lodging and food for the players, who are members of the Scotts Bluff County Coyotes squad.
A.J. Cloud knows it isn’t cheap to keep the Sidney Coyotes’ UNIFYed Special Olympics basketball players up and going.
So last week, the Coyotes hit the streets to raise money. The only difference was bit more persistence on Cloud’s part.
When the fundraising smoke had cleared, the local Coyotes, clients of the Sidney Office of Human Development, had enough to make do for the remainder of the winter — with Cloud leading the way.
The team raised about $2,400, with about $2,000 being collected by Cloud.
“A .J. just went above and beyond,” said Amy Burton, OHD supervisor and Sidney coach. “He went...
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