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Children Decorate Advent Tree to Help Disabled Adults

The children raised $1,108 to help adults with physical and emotional disabilities, Bay View Academy said.

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI—Bay View Academy’s Lower and Middle School community raised $1,108 through their Advent Angel project this December. Every student was given a paper angel ornament to take home, decorate, and return in an envelope with a donation.

The angel ornaments hang on a Christmas tree in the lobby of Bay View’s St. Joseph Hall. The money collected has been given to benefit Re-Focus, a Sister of Mercy sponsored program that works with adults with differing developmental and physical needs, and the Sister Hilda Polar Express, which collects gifts and donations for area families in need.

Faculty and staff also sponsored individual clients at Re-Focus, donating gifts to help fulfill their Christmas wish lists.

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Courtesy Photo Caption: Bay View Advent Angel Tree (Front row: Sareen Khatchadourian, leftmost, Sophia Buco and Aurora Christiansen, all of Warwick; back row: Brianna Reynolds, left, of East Providence and Caleigh Lynch, of Attleboro, Mass.

Courtesy Photo Caption: Tree decorations

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