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Kurn Hattin Receives Special $40,000 Donation

June 5, 2012

Kurn Hattin Receives Special $40,000 Donation

June 5, 2012 | Westminster, VT – Alvin L. Southwick was a long-time Westminster, Vermont resident and former owner of BDR Transport Company. He was a charitable man and provided a testimonial to Kurn Hattin Homes and several other charities after his death. His friend, Fred W. Yates made a special presentation on June 2nd during the Kurn Hattin Day celebration of a $40,000 check for new dug outs on the softball field and other athletic department improvements.

To Al and Fred, the next two home runs are for you! Kurn Hattin Homes is a non-profit, year-round home and school for in-need and at-risk children, ages  6-15, from throughout the Northeast. Thousands of children call Kurn Hattin home.

2012 Kurn Hattin Receives $40K Donation

Photo caption: Kurn Hattin Executive Director, Christopher Barry accepts Alvin Southwick’s $40,000 donation check from Fred Yates.

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Eva (Zonczyk) MorelClass of 1970 Eva arrived at Kurn Hattin Homes when she was seven years old, in the summer before her third-grade year. She gave us a guided tour of the Saxtons River campus of the early 1970s in her memory, bringing the spirit of the Homes alive. “One of my first memories,” she […]

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