A Junior Olympics win, and a surprise, for homeless NYC kids

NEW YORK (AP) — The biggest surprise Monday for 10-year-old Rainn Sheppard, competing at the Junior Olympics in Houston and far from the New York City homeless shelter she shares with her two sisters and mother, wasn't the gold medal she won in the 3,000 meters.

[...] as Rainn was being interviewed by a local reporter Monday at the race venue, Tonia Handy surprised her daughter with a giant hug.

After The Associated Press wrote Friday about the family's challenges, a New York philanthropist contacted Handy and bought her a plane ticket.

Other people who saw her story contributed at least $7,000 to a crowd funding website that Handy had set up to raise money for the trip — more than twice the original goal.