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Vol. 3 No. 6
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RAMS ReACT Players to Perform 2nd Benefit for Holliston Pantry Shelf
Bringing Raven Home
“ReACT Gives Back” to Take Place at Middle School on June 5 By J.D. O’Gara
Holliston GS Troop Makes Home for Horse; Invites Town to Meet Her June 7th By J.D. O’Gara It’s no joke. “Raven,” a beautiful dark horse the color of rich earth, was off to the proverbial glue factory if someone didn’t step in, and not only did someone step in, but 14 kind young ladies
from Holliston Troop 65129 moved to action to give a lovely, doomed animal a chance at a future. To be fair, the troop of Junior Girl Scouts, which in-
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Shown are four members of Girl Scout Troop 65129, with “Raven,” a horse they saved from slaughter, brought to Holliston and trained for productive work at Newfound Farm as part of the their Bronze Award work. You’re invited to meet Raven, do some crafts, have some food and take a pony ride on Sunday, June 7, from 12:30-3 p.m. at Newfound Farm, 1201 Washington Street. The event is free.
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Last year, Lindsay Hecker needed to pick a mitzvah project. Ideally, it had to do with something she loved and had to be for a good cause. In no time, Lindsay decided that her project would have to do with performing arts. “I’ve always liked donating to the food pantry,” says Lindsay, 14, who had held a lemonade stand years earlier to raise money for the Holliston Pantry Shelf. “I always liked it, because it was small and helped a lot of people, and I had a friend who went there. I like to act, so I wanted to include that and give back.” Lindsay got a group of fellow performers from the
Robert Adams Middle School together, members of the drama club ReACT Players, and they held a benefit show to raise food and funds for the Pantry Shelf. Kids sang songs they’d learned and performed in their shows. “We put up flyers, and we put the announcements at our school,” says Lindsay. Although the turnout was modest, Amy Porter, who worked at the Holliston Pantry Shelf, liked the idea so much she suggested that this talented kids make the show an annual event. And so here they are, once again. The ReACT Players will
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