War tensions increase, efforts to help Ukraine prosper

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Photo by Abigail Nevin ’23

Students around Staples have been helping to raise awareness surrounding the war in Ukraine and have personally been involved in contributing donations. Tamar Rottem ’23 has created pamphlets with QR codes to websites that facilitate donations towards Ukraine and has dropped them in mailboxes throughout Westport.

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