For Leiby Kletzky, A Tree Will Grow In Prospect Park

First Posted: 07/27/11 03:02 PM ET Updated: 09/26/11 06:12 AM ET

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Leiby Kletzky

Park Slope, NY Patch:

Two weeks after 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky's body was discovered in a Fourth Avenue dumpster, family friends, neighbors and even perfect strangers are coming together to ensure that the memory of the young Borough Park resident long outlives his short life.

In conjunction with the Prospect Park Alliance, a neighbor has started a tree fund to memorialize Leiby, who police say was murdered after he got lost and asked a stranger for directions in his short, seven-block walk to meet his parents after school.

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Two weeks after 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky's body was discovered in a Fourth Avenue dumpster, family friends, neighbors and even perfect strangers are coming together to ensure that the memory of the yo...
Two weeks after 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky's body was discovered in a Fourth Avenue dumpster, family friends, neighbors and even perfect strangers are coming together to ensure that the memory of the yo...
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10:29 PM on 07/27/2011
Please join me in making donations in 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky's name at www.americanforests.org, every dollar donated will plant a tree in Leiby Kletzky's memory.
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05:10 PM on 07/27/2011
What a wonderful way to keep the memory of this little boy alive.

RIP, Leiby.
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