Twenty-three walkers and bikers gather at Atkins Field on a sunny Saturday, Sept. 14 for AWARE’s fifth Annual Walk, raising $10,670 to support AWARE’s programming. Walking up Main Street to the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail and ending at Summersweet Garden for beverages and baked goods, were, (back row, all from left) Ed Sunday Winters, Cornelia Y. De Schepper, Deb McKinley, Jennifer Ranz, Hayley Williams, Janet Bellavance, Ronda Curry, Joan Conroy, Terry Ryan, Cilla Bonney-Smith, Erika Karp, Marsha Kameron, Brendan Buckley, Helen Beattie, Louis Pulver, Eleanor Guare, Peggy Newfield, and Jenn Marlier, front row, Sarah Morgan MD, Naomi Ranz-Schleifer, Natalia Brown, Miranda Elkins, Eric Remick and Abrah Griggs.
The AWARE Candlelight Vigil was held on September 19 at the Peace Park in Hardwick. Co-executive director Ashley Gravel (right) speaks to those that gathered for an evening of remembering the 16 silent witnesses and listening to their stories as victims from domestic and sexual violence.
