"Everybody needs to get together and do something good for someone else, even though we don't know them," said Kha Nguyen who was a fundraiser participant. "Of course we know people that were involved, their family members and friends. So it feels really, really good. And it feels like, wow, someone really does care."
Last month, seventeen members of two Houston Vietnamese Catholic churches were killed while on their way to a religious festival. Many others were hurt.
All proceeds from the walk-and pray will help pay medical bills for the survivors.
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