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Mainstreet PEI | Mar 5, 2013 | 7:41

Easter Seals Launch - Ambassador Paxton Cole

Today is a very special day as the Easter Seals Campaign was launched for PEI. At a rotary luncheon there were several previous ambassadors as well as the many organizations that work together to support kids with disabilities on the Island. Paxton Cole is this the 2013 ambassador. She's 10 and is in Grade 5 at Queen Elizabeth Elementary School in Kensington. Karen Mair talked with Paxton and her parents Patricia and Ewen.

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