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By Seth Koenig, Times Record Staff
GEORGETOWN — Georgetown Central School students filled bags with coffee, honey, pancake mix and other — mostly local — food products Monday afternoon in the school’s library.
The students belong to the school’s Leadership Club, and represented second- through sixth-graders seeking to make a difference in their community. On this occasion, said Deirdre Barton, a parent and club organizer, the group created Thanksgiving care packages just in the nick of time for the holiday — and in addition to the items listed above, she said a turkey would be added to each bag before distribution.
School guidance counselor Deb Thibodeau said Monday that the gift bags will be given to nine families — households with as many as six members — from Georgetown, Arrowsic and beyond.
Walter Hudson, a sixth-grader in the club, said the students helped organize a food drive to gather the products for the Thanksgiving bags. Parent Katherine Auchter said vendors at the Bath farmers’ market played an integral role in the project’s success.
“The farmers and vendors there were extremely generous,” Auchter said. “They gave tremendous amounts to the cause — it was probably hundreds of dollars’ worth.”
During the late fall and winter seasons, the Bath farmers’ market opens from 9 a.m. to noon on the first and third Saturdays of the month at the Bath United Church of Christ on Congress Avenue. The market also will open from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday for shoppers seeking fresh locally produced items in time for Thanksgiving.
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The students belong to the school’s Leadership Club, and represented second- through sixth-graders seeking to make a difference in their community. On this occasion, said Deirdre Barton, a parent and club organizer, the group created Thanksgiving care packages just in the nick of time for the holiday — and in addition to the items listed above, she said a turkey would be added to each bag before distribution.
School guidance counselor Deb Thibodeau said Monday that the gift bags will be given to nine families — households with as many as six members — from Georgetown, Arrowsic and beyond.
Walter Hudson, a sixth-grader in the club, said the students helped organize a food drive to gather the products for the Thanksgiving bags. Parent Katherine Auchter said vendors at the Bath farmers’ market played an integral role in the project’s success.
“The farmers and vendors there were extremely generous,” Auchter said. “They gave tremendous amounts to the cause — it was probably hundreds of dollars’ worth.”
During the late fall and winter seasons, the Bath farmers’ market opens from 9 a.m. to noon on the first and third Saturdays of the month at the Bath United Church of Christ on Congress Avenue. The market also will open from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday for shoppers seeking fresh locally produced items in time for Thanksgiving.
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