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Mary Ann Brett Food Pantry Breakfast Raises More Than $100,000

March 25th, 2018 Comments Closed

DORCHESTER — More than 200 guests gathered for the 12th annual St. Patrick’s Day breakfast and raised more than $100,000 to support the Mary Ann Brett Food Pantry. The breakfast, hosted by the Brett family, is held in the church hall of St. Teresa’s of Calcutta church. The breakfast also is the induction ceremony into the Dorchester Hall of Fame. This year’s ceremony celebrated four new inductees: Fire Commissioner Joe Finn, Sister Barbara Gorham of…

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Ireland Funds’ Young Leaders mark St. Patrick’s Day

March 21st, 2018 Comments Closed

BOSTON — The Ireland Funds Boston Young Leaders St Patrick’s Celebration hosted a party at the Boston Harbor Hotel recently to raise money to support Irish charities. All photos by Bill Brett

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Cardinal Cushing Centers holds St. Patrick’s Day fundraiser

March 19th, 2018 Comments Closed

QUINCY — St. Colleta Day School in Braintree, which is part of the Cardinal Cushing Centers, hosted its annual St. Patrick’s Day dinner and auction on March 16, 2018 at the Granite Links Golf Course. All photos by Bill Brett.

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Leddypalooza held to raise money for Hingham man with colon cancer

March 18th, 2018 Comments Closed

HINGHAM — Jon “Leddy” Ledwick, who grew up in Hingham a block over from my family, was diagnosed in September 2017 with Stage 4 colon cancer. I wasn’t able to get to the local fundraiser to help Leddy out, so I asked his family and friends to send a few photos from their recent event. You can see them here in the gallery below. Here is some more information about Leddy and the community’s efforts…

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Pucino Foundation holds Night of Excellence to honor fallen solder

March 13th, 2018 Comments Closed

COPLEY SQUARE — The family and friends of SSG Matthew Pucino, a Green Beret and native of Massachusetts, gathered on March 10, 2018 at the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel for the annual Night of Excellence to honor Pucino and raise money for the foundation that bears his name. Pucino died on November 23, 2009 as a result of an improvised explosive device strike to his all-terrain vehicle, while conducting a combat patrol in the vicinity…

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