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Helpers Among Us — ‘Flower Ladies’ create beautiful arrangements at Wright-Locke

Helpers Among Us — ‘Flower Ladies’ create beautiful arrangements at Wright-Locke

Volunteer jobs can be very satisfying, but the Wright-Locke Farm’s “Flower Ladies” go home with more than satisfaction.  “It’s flower therapy,” says Mary Farrell. Edward Drive resident Farrell started creating floral arrangements years ago when one of the original volunteers (99-year-old Lillian Cohen, who’s since moved out

Helpers Among Us — Haitian refugees

Helpers Among Us — Haitian refugees

Among the most recently arrived Winchester residents is a woman who heard about refugees that had been suddenly sent to a Woburn hotel.  Charles Road resident Libby Morley joined a group that just formed this April and quickly recruited her neighbor Jessica O’Hearn to help.  CARE stands for Community

Helpers Among Us - The swap shop

Helpers Among Us - The swap shop

Everyone in Winchester who donates used goods to the transfer station’s “swap shop” is a helper among us. And maybe you’re wondering where all that stuff goes if it doesn’t get taken away.  Well, there’s a group of about 15 volunteers whose members are there every

Helpers Among Us — Sounds of Grace

Helpers Among Us — Sounds of Grace

Singers gotta sing, right?  And when former Winchester Public School Director of Music Lynne Rahmeier retired, she was ready to keep singing.  At first she decided that anyone who wanted to sing should come to her living room, but “they had to bring someone I hadn’t met,” she says.

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