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Having a ball with a doll
January 24, 2024 at 11:50 p.m.
Penelope Magliacca, an 8-year-old who lives on Holly Lane, makes a friendship bracelet with her doll Blaire at the “My Doll and Me Tea” fundraiser hosted by the Port Chester/Rye Brook Girl Scouts. The tea party, held on Sunday, Jan. 14, at the Girl Scout House in Lyon Park, raised money for the organization’s Scholarship Fund, which benefits girls who finish high school as active members of the Scouts.
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Port Chester resident Sophia Labrusciano, an 8-year-old member of Girl Scout Troop 1905, works on a friendship bracelet while her toy horse Cocoa stands at her feet.
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Sunset Road resident Sarah Gillespie takes a selfie with her 5-year-old daughter Naomi and her doll Leila.
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Seven-year-olds Nina Barrenechea (left) and Heidi Carniero share a chair, and a laugh, while waiting for a game of bingo to start. In the lap of the Port Chester residents are their dolls Alina and Emily, respectively.
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Park Avenue School second-graders Arielle Jimenez (left) and Piper Webber play bingo while fully stocked on snacks.
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Adelaila Alfaro (left), 7, picks out her prize with Girl Scout Troop Leader Sara Gomez after winning a round of bingo. The Hillcrest Avenue resident chose a painting canvas after a moment of deliberation.
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The lone dad at the tea party, Port Chester resident Juan Parra, smiles with his 8-year-old daughter Sofia during a round of bingo.
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King Street School second grader Ryan Allen (left) celebrates winning a basket of toys in the raffle with her friend, 8-year-old Annabelle Damle. “I wanted this so bad,” Allen said after her name was called.
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Local Girl Scout troop leaders Marissa Torento-Butkiewicz (left) and Sara Gomez sell raffle tickets to Holly Lane resident Penelope Magliacca.
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Port Chester resident Cameron Caie (right), 16, serves donut holes to Arianna Butkiewicz, a fifth-grader at King Street School, and her friends.
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Melissa Giovinazzo, of Rye, helps her five-year-old daughter Audrey keep track of what bingo cards have been called.
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King Street School second-grader Mariana Gomez (left) crosses her fingers on both hands, hoping to win one of the bingo prizes donated by community partners and Girl Scout troops. Her friend and classmate Ryan Allen keeps her eyes on her own board.
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Port Chester/Rye Brook Girl Scouts host annual tea party for girls and their toy friends