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January, 2013 MethuenLife
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Actors Rouse Holiday Cheer
Last month the Center for Performing Arts Acting School put on "The Year
Without a Santa," a fabulous play that helped the audience get into the
holiday spirit. Methuen cast members are (from top left) Victoria Rousseau
as Miss Heat, Anastasia Michitson as Miss Snow, Kerry Molloy as Mrs. Claus,
Shelby Waldie as Mother Nature, Bruce Michitson as Santa; (bottom left)
Jada Ryan as Jangle and Sophia Michitson as Jingle. Courtesy photo
Toys For Tots
Two bins overflowed with donations to
Toys for Tots during Comprehensive Grammar
School’s Pancake Breakfast and Holiday
Concert last month. CGS families were
very generous in this effort, organized by
the school’s PTO. Santa and his elf, Shelby
Waldie, a former CGS student and now a
junior at Methuen High, posed for photos
with CGS students and collected donations.
Courtesy photo
Teens ‘Adopt’ 51 Needy Families
Central Catholic High School students raised
$11,750 in their annual "Christmas Project."
Each of the 51 homeroom classes "adopted”
a family identified as "seriously in need of essentials"
by Merrimack Valley Catholic Charities
and the staff at St. Mary of the Assumption
Church in Lawrence. Each homeroom class received
a detailed list of the adopted family's
needs and students raised money to purchase
the items through school-wide raffles, bake
sales, students' donations and a gingerbread
house contest. Faculty donated gift baskets and
other prizes for the raffle items. Student leaders
of the Christmas Project at Central Catholic are
(front, from left) Dylan Parsons of Methuen,
Emilie Zahn, Kaeleigh Molloy of Methuen, Mary
Shine; (back, from left) Liam Sullivan and Tyler
Andrade. Courtesy photo
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