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We shattered another set of records today in Watertown. The Jeff-Lewis Memory Walk, presented by Samaritan Keep Home, raised $55,020. This beats the walk’s previous best, set last year, by approximately $10,000.

Pictured (left to right) are Northern Regional Director Tricia Bannister,  Diane Charlebois and Chapter CEO Cathy James. Diane was the top individual fundraiser, with more than $2,300. Each year, Diane and her family walk (team Prosper’s Gang) in memory of her father, Prosper Charlebois, who died from Alzheimer’s. Other award winners include:

• Top fundraising youth: Ryot Kern, Prosper’s Gang, $100.
• Top fundraising adult: Diane Charlebois, Prosper’s Gang, $2,377.
• Top family/friend team: Team Vallelunga (Peggy DiStefano), $9,109.
• Top health-related team: Samaritan Keep Home Walkers (Beth Loveland), $4,932.
• Top corporate team: Dexter/Brownville United Methodist Churches (Rev. Patricia Walz), $1,434.

And something new this year…watch the announcement of the grand total on our YouTube channel!