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Civic-Minded New Canaan Teens Take to Town on Snow Day

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By Michael Dinan

If you’re walking downtown Friday, chances are you’re running into a New Canaan teenager or two giving away Valentine’s Day carnations and talking about their participation in a nonprofit organization. High school junior Emma Crowley and her sister Abby, a freshman, are members of the New Canaan High School Free the Children Club, part an international charity that works to help youth become more civic-minded. “They just do a lot of fun stuff,” Abby said of the club during a break at Dunkin Donuts on Elm Street. “The snow may have messed up today a little bit, but we’re still out here.” The “Carnation Drive” itself is about bringing awareness to the club as well as raising money for its general fund.