Article: TO THE RESCUE

AVON

TO THE RESCUE - The quick development of a website and Twitter account resulted in thousands of dollars in donations to help Avon native Paula Persechini-Pettiti. Friends and family used the money to fly her back to Mass General Hospital July 11, after a car accident June 23 left her in a coma in South Dakota, where she was working at a medical clinic on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Persechini-Pettiti is the founder of The Black River Project, a nonprofit dedicated to collecting and disseminating medical supplies, training, and other support services to underserved communities throughout the world. Since arriving at Mass General, Persechini-Pettiti has begun to come out of her ...

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