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Home school instructor and parent Joan Velush showed student A.J. O’Brien  how to chop an onionon Tuesday, March 9. The class was working to prepare lunch for roughly 90 people in the kitchen of Newtown Congregational Church, which the home school co-op uses each Tuesday. (Hallabeck photo)
From left are Matt Cole, Sarah Ferris, Jerry Cole, and Richard Weiss, all of whom participated in the NEWS sleepathon and will be heading to Biloxi, Miss., in July.  (Bobowick photo)
Students gathered around a campfire that was blazing during the weekend awareness-raising event at Newtown Congregational Church.  (Bobowick photo)
Scott Keating played a board game after dinner at Newtown Congregational Church, where ecumenical workcamp students passed a few hours before their sleepathon last weekend that raised money and awareness for their July trip to Mississippi.  (Bobowick photo)
Sarah Ferris and Mike Mouchantat stayed warm indoors and played games before camping outside on January 30 for the Newtown Ecumenical Workcamp Students’ sleepathon. The group raised funds and awareness for a summer trip to Biloxi to help rebuild homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.  (Bobowick photo)
The Skanktones, a reggae band, provided music and entertainment during the Haiti Dinner & Reggae Night on January 23 at Newtown Congregational Church.  (Bobowick photo)
Volunteers who worked to make the evening’s fundraiser run smoothly at Newtown Congregational Church enjoyed a moment in the spotlight Saturday evening.  (Bobowick photo)
Karen Whippie, left, talks with her friend Samantha Harrison during the Haiti Dinner & Reggae Night at Newtown Congregational Church on January 23. Behind them in the church hall are guests finishing their dinner as the band gets ready to play.  (Bobowick photo)
Kayla Buckley and Liz Anderson finished dinner and waited for the reggae band The Skanktones to play Saturday during a fundraiser to support relief efforts in Haiti. The fundraiser was hosted by the youth group of Newtown Congregational Church, who had planned for a fundraiser weeks before the recent earthquake that devastated the island.  (Bobowick photo)
Home school instructor and parent Joan Velush showed student A.J. O’Brien how to chop an onionon Tuesday, March 9. The class was working to prepare lunch for roughly 90 people in the kitchen of Newtown Congregational Church, which the home school co-op uses each Tuesday. (Hallabeck photo)
Home school instructor and parent Joan Velush showed student A.J. O’Brien  how to chop an onionon Tuesday, March 9. The class was working to prepare lunch for roughly 90 people in the kitchen of Newtown Congregational Church, which the home school co-op uses each Tuesday. (Hallabeck photo)
Home school instructor and parent Joan Velush showed student A.J. O’Brien how to chop an onionon Tuesday, March 9. The class was working to prepare lunch for roughly 90 people in the kitchen of Newtown Congregational Church, which the home school co-op uses each Tuesday. (Hallabeck photo)
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