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8-Year-Old Macey Flores' 'Mittens For Kittens' Has Raised $2,000
The Ferrara School 3rd-grader wanted to "help homeless kitties eat and stay warm," so created the fundraiser for Branford Compassion Club.
EAST HAVEN, CT — Eight-year-old Macey Flores just wants to “help homeless kitties eat and stay warm."
Her idea was to create Mittens for Kittens to help support the Branford Compassion Club.
So with the help of her already altruistic family, owners of Rosso Vino in Short Beach who’ve been running a toy drive for Yale New Haven Hospital’s toy closet, she decided to craft mittens she’d inscribe for a donation and then display at the restaurant.
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Macey and her parents, Lisa DeGenaro and Joe Flores, went to a local craft store and bought all the items Macey needed to create these ‘kitten mittens.’
“Love will keep us warm,” one mitten reads.
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Macey's Mittens for Kittens reached $2002. Thank you to all who donated!
Posted by Rosso Vino on Sunday, December 13, 2020
Macey, a third-grader at Ferrara Elementary School in East Haven, has already raised more than $2,000 for the Branford Compassion Club to help make sure “homeless kitties” are safe and warm.
 The amazing Macey is aiming to raise $2000 for the Branford Compassion Club by Christmastime through her mittens for...
Posted by Branford Compassion Club on Sunday, December 13, 2020
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