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Family gets early Christmas present

Posted at 2:07 PM, Dec 14, 2017
and last updated 2017-12-15 15:26:10-05

This is the first time in three years the Alecio family has been able to celebrate Christmas. 

Walter Alecio's life, and his family's changed three years ago. He survived the collapse at International Nutrition on 77th and I. 

Now, he walks with a limp and a cane and the medical costs have left him and his family without enough money buy Christmas and birthday presents.

"Three Christmases in a row we didn't have anything," he said. "It was a struggle."

Now, The Premier Group and the Gradient Gives Back foundation have offered to pay off six month of the Alecio's mortgage.