From a second-story window, 6-year-old Tony Forte peeked at the crowd gathering in the back yard of his home on Fruitville Pike.
Moments later, the youngster tiptoed past the open door, trying not to look at the cameras as he grabbed his boots.
Then he came outside, into a yard blending Christmas and Halloween in a loose “Nightmare Before Christmas” theme. He clutched a pair of toy binoculars and wore a backpack that keeps him alive.
He didn’t know why a dozen or so strangers were waiting for him and his family.
He was soon joined by his parents, Stephen and Monica Forte, and his brothers, Vincent, 11, and Dominic, 8.
That’s when Chuck Lucius, CEO of the Gradient Gives Back Foundation of Minnesota, told them what they were already starting to suspect: They had been chosen to receive a grant that would save their home from foreclosure and keep them financially afloat for another year and more.
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