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The COVID-19 pandemic has placed many families in a tight financial situation and for some parents, buying clothes and other items for their children can be tough.

Spring Meadows Elementary is giving a helping hand to those in need by providing free clothes to students and families, but they are asking for help as the school relaunches its boutique.

At the Hawk Boutique, you can find sneakers and clothes for kids and adults.

“I think it’s having a tremendous impact. We’ve actually even had families from other communities, from other parts of the city that have called in to see if they can come in and get some things. And we’re not turning away anybody. They can come and make an appointment and we’ll be here to help them,” Carol Whorton, at-risk counselor at Spring Meadows Elementary School said.

Whorton said the boutique was created a few years before the pandemic to help students and families in need.

“We are a high at-risk population, high economically disadvantaged population. So, we looked at providing more clothing and resources for our students,” Whorton said.

Whorton said the pandemic did not stop them from helping the community.

“We were getting orders from our families, and we would come in here and shop for them and go out and deliver it by the curb, curb-side,” Whorton said.

Eventually, they ran out of clothes and now they are slowly filling up the room again.

The school is asking for donations to help relaunch the boutique.

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An employee at a West Side foot spa is accused of inappropriately touching a woman during a massage last month.

En Li Sun, 64, was arrested Tuesday and charged with indecent assault in the incident that happened on Dec. 12 at the ZW foot spa, located in the 9800 block of Potranco Road, records show.

An arrest warrant affidavit states that the woman went to the spa for a foot massage. During the massage, Sun allegedly touched the woman’s breasts and genitals, the affidavit states.

The woman told police she was “freaking out” and froze, the affidavit states. She called the police from her home.

Records show Sun’s bond is set at $15,000. Indecent assault is a Class A misdemeanor.

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