Boy wins contest, sends classmate on vacation (video)

WPRI.com Updated: Friday, 12 Apr 2013, 5:52 PM EDT Published : Friday, 12 Apr 2013, 2:23 PM EDT

• By Angie Angers
• Reporting By Chantee Lans
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  CUMBERLAND, R.I. (WPRI) – A Cumberland 3rd grader and his family are getting a surprise vacation to New Hampshire, thanks to a classmate’s selfless and inspiring gesture.

  Tyler Chobanian entered an essay contest as a part of a statewide after school program. The topic of the essay was to explain why your family should win a free vacation. The 9-year-old decided that he was going to take a different approach to this essay writing contest, and wrote about why his classmate’s family should win the free trip.

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