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Friday, November 16, 2012

Local Woman Collecting School Supplies for Sandy Victims

Weston residents who want to help the schools devastated by Hurricane Sandy can now bring donations of school supplies to a nearby home from where they'll be transported to New York.

Nancy Wind is an elementary teacher at Fred Miller Elementary School in Holliston, so she understands well the importance of pencils, paper, crayons and other school supplies to young students. So when her school decided to come together for a school supply drive to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy, Wind was not only excited about the project, she offered to drive the donations to Long Island, N.Y., when she heads that way to celebrate Thanksgiving with her family. But Wind didn't stop there. She decided to expand the effort to her hometown, Wayland, where she knew her neighbors would want to help. So from now until Wednesday, Nov. 21 at noon, Wind is keeping bins outside her home at 197 Lakeshore Drive where individuals can drop off …

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