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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Michigan State running back Gerald Holmes returned to Flint, Mich., on Friday to deliver cases of water and recycling bags to the city.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Holmes, a sophomore for the Spartans, is a native of Flint. The city was declared to be in a state of emergency by Gov. Rick Snyder and President Obama in January after the water supply was found to have extremely high levels of lead.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The water problems began in April 2014 after the city switched from Detroit water to Flint River water. Between 6,000 and 12,000 kids have been exposed to the lead-laden water, according to the United Way.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;TIME&lt;/em&gt;: Workers in Flint given clean water months before residents warned&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Holmes joins other sports figures such as Pistons owner Tom Gores taking an active role in the Flint crisis. Gores pledged to raise $10 million toward relief efforts, and donated $1 million of his own to the cause.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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