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Find out morePhotography by Lori Sax November 18, 2019
Kimberly Chambless, David Koffman, Shannon Chandler
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Lisa Napolitano
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Monique Riviera, Kinnari Desai, Kristen Dagostino, Jessica Chavez
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Melissa Tomasso, Andrea Paul
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Jeffrey Burgess, Phillip Goodeve, Frank Griffith
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Cody Moss, Fernando Vegg, Sean Bommanto
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Taylor and Sarah Karp
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James Amato, Julie Weintraub, Sarah Laughlin
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Ola Tarrab, Adam Johnson
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Jill and Sydney Morris
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Adria Lund, Susana Ramilie, Keri Andino
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Holly Long, Dawn Doughty, Dimitri Kossovski
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Sheri Nadelman, Jenifer Conley
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Karen Varone, Rita Altman
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Sneha Pallegar, Marko Radisic, Johanna Gustaffson
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Soli Molnar, Toni Anne DeNicola, Stacie Baer, Daria Fairchild, Donna Koffman
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Daria Fairchild, Donna Koffman
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Montana Taplinger, Camilyn Leavitt
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Lindsay Howell, Shannon Couch
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Mellisa Gindling, Lissa Murphy
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Shari Phillips, Maggie Szabo
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The table decor
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A packed crowd
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Melissa Howard, Joanna Roberti
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Jennifer Horiuchi, Elizabeth Givliani
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Gazpacho in a glass
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Jamie Becker, Alison O'Donaghue, Tatiana Twarowski
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Narmoni Benn, Audrey Robbins, Jocelyn Udell, Hermione Gilpin
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Monica Rissler, Robin Dumas, Tara Cocco, David McCoy
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Ashley Guttridge, Heather Hawley, Elli Baldwin, Carrie Dennison
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Jaclyn Brunckhorst, Elisabeth Waters
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Graci McGillicuddy
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Melanie Epstein, Cara Saunders, Tatyana Stewart, Yolande Lecoz
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Proceeds from the luncheon, which included a shoe judging, shopping, fashion show, paddle raise and, of course, spirited appearances by the "solemen," benefit the programs of Forty Carrots Family Center.
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