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    Giving back by picking up in Norwich

    Melton Eliassaint, 10, right, and his fellow members of the Summer Jam & Learn program remove trash along the Norwich Heritage Walkway Wednesday, July 17, 2019, as part of their community give back program. Summer Jam & Learn was organized by Bully Busters and Norwich Youth and Family Services. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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    Norwich — Participants in the Summer Jam & Learn program were removing trash along the Norwich Heritage Walkway on Wednesday, as part of their community give back program.

    The program was organized by Bully Busters and Norwich Youth and Family Services.

    From left, Miah Rivera, 12, Ahijah Holeman, 11, Cheveyo Arroyo, 10, and program director Peter Grant of the Summer Jam & Learn program walk a short distance on Washington Street to connect with the other section of the Norwich Heritage Walkway on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, while collecting trash along the walkway as part of their community give back program. The program was organized by Bully Busters and Norwich Youth and Family Services. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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    Melton Eliassaint, 10, helps hold the bag while director Peter Grant dumps a bucket of trash while they and others with the Summer Jam & Learn program remove trash along the Norwich Heritage Walkway on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, as part of their community give back program. The program was organized by Bully Busters and Norwich Youth and Family Services. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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    From left, Giana Larkie, 12, Ahijah Holeman, 11, and Cheveyo Arroyo, 10, sit in the shade and drink water while they and other members of the Summer Jam & Learn program take a break from the heat while picking up trash along the Norwich Heritage Walkway on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, as part of their community give back program. The program was organized by Bully Busters and Norwich Youth and Family Services. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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    Program director Peter Grant, left, holds open a trash bag for Giana Larkie, 12, right, so she can place the shoe that she and Miah Rivera, 12, center, found while the Summer Jam & Learn program participants remove trash along the Norwich Heritage Walkway on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, as part of their community give back program. The program was organized by Bully Busters and Norwich Youth and Family Services. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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    Miah Rivera, 12, carries trash she found while she and other members of the Summer Jam & Learn program work to remove litter along the Norwich Heritage Walkway on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, as part of their community give back program. Rivera had the daisies because on their walk to the trail the group handed a daisy to people they passed on the street. The program was organized by Bully Busters and Norwich Youth and Family Services. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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