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school's student advisory board, and sent a delegation to the
school's career fair. To ease the burden on local police and fire
departments, Boston Children's at Peabody has a nationally
certified technician to handle children's car seat installations.
e clinic's lobby features a rotating exhibition from Express
Yourself, a youth arts organization based in Beverly. D'Onofrio
is a regular at local chamber of commerce and American Red
Cross meetings. "e spirit and the amount of love that the city
of Peabody has—the city, the businesses, the community at
large—is amazing," D'Onofrio says.
Among the most important initiatives, Dr. Peter Raffalli, a
neurologist at Boston Children's Hospital and the director of
the Bullying and Cyberbullying Prevention and Advocacy
Collaborative, leads a town hall–style presentation for
summer campers at the Peabody YMCA each year. e gist of
the presentation involves identifying the true nature of
bullying ("It's important that kids know that it's more than
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PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF
BOSTON CHILDREN'S AT PEABODY
The annual Winter Wonderland event is a holiday open house that drew an audience of
more than 600 last year, along with 82 volunteers from local businesses.
