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Rainbow Girls fight breast cancer
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Photo courtesy of University of Connecticut Health Center
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Pictured from front left are Ali Stamm, Karissa Weeden and Danielle Rowland of the Southington Assembly of the International Order of the Rainbow for Girls visiting the UConn Health Center to present a check for the Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center. Their 2008 fundraising efforts collected nearly $600 for breast cancer research. Also pictured are from back left, Gary Blanchette, of Plantsville, and Cindy Stamm of the Rainbow Girls, and Diane Bennett and Kevin Claffey of the UConn Health Center.
Multiple groups help those seeking support
Addiction - TRUST, a prevention program, invites children ages 7 to 12 who are concerned about addiction in their family to join after-school activity groups that meet every Tuesday, from 4:30 pm. to 5:30 p.m., at Connecticut Clearinghouse, 334 Farmington Ave., Plainville Parents and guardians may call Sue Walbert at (860) 793-2164 to register. Free.
Blood drive Friday in memory of tot
When 2-year-old Aidan Stewart was being treated for liver cancer at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, he re-quired hours-long transfusions of donor blood plasma every day. Three pints of plasma, which came from six different donors, would be added to his blood after his own plasma was extracted.
