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Dana Wolfson, a student at Bennington College, volunteers Wednesday at the BROC-Community Action in Southwestern Vermont food shelf. The organization's outreach specialist, Jenifer Prouty, joined her.
11/18/2009
Album ID: 892006
Photos by Peter Crabtree

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Bennington Elementary School fifth graders help pack lunches at the Meals on Wheels program Thursday. The students included handmade Halloween cards in the bags. A different grade will be asked to volunteer each holiday.
10/29/2009
Album ID: 876258
Photos by Peter Crabtree

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The Empty Bowls project was held this weekend as many came out for the good food and the cause.
10/12/2009
Album ID: 863708
Photos by Paul Guillotte

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Volunteers decorate bowls for the Empty Bowls Project dinner to be held Oct. 11 at Mount Anthony Union High School in Bennington. The event, sponsored by the Food and Fuel Fund of the Greater Bennington Area Interfaith Community Services, will raise money to fight hunger.
9/16/2009
Album ID: 838043
Photos by Peter Crabtree

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Dozens of riders participated in the 10th annual Hospice Ride through Bennington County on Saturday.
7/13/2009
Album ID: 796034
Photos by Lee Krohn

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Fresh Air Fund host Kathy Rupp, left, leads her daughter Madeline, 10, and their guest, Janelle Cephas, 10, away from the bus that delivered about a dozen New York City children to Bennington on Monday. Briana Mitchell, 12, meanwhile, greeted members of her host family, the Greens of Niskayuna , N.Y. The Fresh Air Fund, an independent, not-for-profit agency, has provided free summer vacations to more than 1.7 million children since 1877. Each summer, thousands of children visit volunteer host families in 13 Northeastern states and Canada. In 2008, 44 Fresh Air children stayed with families in Bennington County.
7/6/2009
Album ID: 791833
Photos by Peter Crabtree

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Larry Doucette, shown with Hospice of Bennington County staff member Ann Barber-Greene, is leading a motorcycle run Sunday to benefit the organization. For more information, call Hospice at 447-0307 during the day, or Doucette nights at 447-7309.
7/6/2009
Album ID: 791799
Photos by Peter Crabtree

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A car wash was held to raise money for the Bennington Relay for Life. The Relay will take place on June 26 and 27 at the MAU Track.
6/18/2009
Album ID: 780389
Photos by Paul Guillotte