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Kurn Hattin Students Receive Accolades from American Legion Auxiliary

May 31, 2012

Kurn Hattin Students Receive Accolades from American Legion Auxiliary

May 31, 2012 | Westminster, VT –  Several of the Kurn Hattin Homes students were awarded for their participation in the American Legion Auxiliary Essay Contest defining Why Americanism Is Important Today. The students enjoy participating in contests asking them to express their thoughts and feelings. The students were awarded certificates of achievement and $10 gift cards. Pictured are the Kurn Hattin Essay Contest winners with the Pierce-Lawton American Legion Auxiliary Unit Post 37, from Bellows Falls, Vermont.

2012 American Legion Auxiliary Essay Contest Participants
Left to right are Margaret Tidd, Kay Long, Treasurer; Pat Soboleski, Sergeant-At-Arms; Kurn Hattin Social Studies Teacher, Richard M. Long;  Nancy Wright, Helen Gideos, Vice-President; Marcy Lund-Smith, President; John Harris, 8th grader and Chelsea Candello, 8th grader.

Kurn Hattin Homes is a charitable, residential, year-round home and school for in-need and at-risk children, ages 6-15, from throughout the Northeast.

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When Joy (Meleski) Boyd graduated from Kurn Hattin Homes in 1978, disco was hot, jeans were tight, and hair was big … feathered … curled … and highly styled. Maybe that’s why she developed such a love of hair styling. “I was always doing my friends’ hair,” Joy recalls fondly. “It was something that I […]

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