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Charlestown Shop Raises $1,500 for Avon Walk for Breast Cancer
Proceeds were raised to benefit Team Charlestown, which will participate in the event this May.
The Olivia Browning of Charlestown gift shop last week raised more than $1,500 for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, the shop announced on Monday.
The shop held a special fundraiser last Thursday, March 27, with 10 percent of proceeds from the sales of special tee-shirts and necklaces benefiting the charities of Team Charlestown, which comprises members of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Charlestown Boys & Girls Club and the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, who will take part in the Avon Walk on May 17-18.
Among the totals, $125 was raised for the Charlestown Boys and Girls Club and more than $50 was raised for Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
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