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They manned the phones at Capital Centre and hosted a radiothon.

“In the first week, half a million dollars had been raised,” said the lawyer, who hopes to collect more funds when Melbourne’s Greek community centre holds a major radiothon with the national broadcaster, ABC, this Wednesday.

Radio 104.1 ran its annual radiothon to support him and his family in December, which culminated in a two-day marathon at Toyota of Wallingford.

In the meantime, Kennedy will continue cheering on her beloved Carolina Hurricanes, and she will raise money for Duke University Hospital through a radiothon in April.

That was followed by an impromptu radiothon Feb. 3 when Dakich declared, “Let’s raise some money,” and fans around the state responded.