EAST WINDSOR, Conn. — Jean Godin typically helps families who need Christmas presents, but she's now helping families in need of school supplies.

The East Windsor woman has helped more than 20 families so far with bookbags and other items, but she says she needs more help.

"One-hundred-and-twenty-five people reached out to me and asked if I was doing back-to-school within the last month, and I felt so bad, and I was like, 'You know what, let me just put it out there and make a post for back-to-school and do the drive,'" Godin said. “It turned out really good, and I had a whole bunch of kids being adopted."

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Godin is known in the East Windsor community as someone who helps without hesitation.

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