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Child Haven benefit Dinner

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Donna O’ Malley (left) and Cheryl Grimes (right) chop kale for the Hardwick Child Haven benefit dinner, held November 1, in the Hazen Union Cafeteria. photo by Vanessa Fournier
Evan Karp (left) of Greensboro, head kitchen coordinator for the annual Child Haven Indian Dinner, held November 1, helps Linda Hunkins (right) of Barnet transfer vegetables and spices for the daal. Fifteen volunteers helped to prep and cook the Indian dinner held in the Hazen Union Cafeteria. photo by Vanessa Fournier
Eve Gordon of Woodbury stirs daal as Robin Cappaccino (center), director of Child Haven International and Tina Ghantous of Glover (right) look on at the annual Hardwick Child Haven benefit dinner in the Hazen Union High School Cafeteria, November 1. photo by Vanessa Fournier
Local and South Asian items on the silent auction and bazaar table attract attention at the annual Hardwick Child Haven Dinner benefit in the Hazen Union School Cafeteria, November 1, where around 180 attended. photo by Vanessa Fournier
Julia Barstow (left) and her mother Betsy Barstow (right) of Adamant examine the many items on the silent auction tables displayed to bid on during the Child Haven benefit, November 1, in the Hazen Union school cafeteria. photo by Vanessa Fournier
Ready for the sari fashion show at the Child Haven benefit, November 1, (from left) are Fiona Creaven of Glover, Indriel Boyer of Walden, Aquilla Lowell of Montpelier and Oria Boyer of Walden. photo by Vanessa Fournier
Penelope Otto, 5, of Walden wears a traditional girls dress from South India during the sari fashion show at the 17th annual Child Haven benefit dinner, November 1. photo by Vanessa Fournier
Maris Wolf of Walden wears a hand embroidered wedding lehenga during the Child Haven sari fashion show, November 1. She was one of seventeen to participate in the show. All of the clothing was donated to Child Haven by an Indian community in Ontario, Canada. photo by Vanessa Fournier

Vanessa Fournier graduated from Hazen Union School in 1973 and went to work taking photos in Bennington, then returned to Hardwick to work for Vin Zecchinelli of Farland Studio for several years. She started her own photo business in 1979. She's been in photography for over 50 years, working for The Hardwick Gazette for 44 years. She retired in 2023 and is still taking pictures for The Gazette because she still loves what she does.

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