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Best Buddies Stop&Shop Fundraiser!

North Branford Best Buddies is pleased with the outcome of their past two Stop&Shop fundraisers!

These past two Saturdays, NBHS Best Buddies hosted fundraisers at Stop&Shop where we sit outside all day asking for donations from shoppers that day. On Saturday, Jan. 28, we went over to North Haven Stop&Shop from 9a.m.-4p.m. We made $454 and were very pleased! It was cold out there but we had a pretty good turnout.

Then this past weekend, February 4, we moved on to Branford Stop&Shop. Again, we were there from 9a.m.-4p.m. We received about $400 and although this was not our most successful fundraiser, we were still happy with the total. 

Fundraisers like these are always very interesting to us because of the level of generosity that we see from a large majority of people. Whether it's a $20 bill or just a few cents, it all contributes to us making a difference in the lives of many. 

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The money that we raise is for our Big Give team, "The Giving Buddies". The is a project that we are doing for Student Council. Myself and our secretary of Best Buddies, Emilyann Polzella, decided to give the money back to Best Buddies. Our fundraising goal is about $1,500 and hopefully we'll be able to reach that goal with all of these fundraisers! 

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