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Retired nurse Mary Lou Connors tells about her volunteer work with the poor in Haiti, with refugees in Hartford, with incarcerated women in Niantic, and as a eucharistic minister at a nursing home.

Information about her Haiti work can be found here:  https://www.helpinghaitianchildren.com/mary-lou

And here’s a link to a Hometown Heroes feature about her in the Hartford Courant: http://www.courant.com/hometown-heroes/hc-hometownheroes-marylouconnors-20180722-story.html

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Also, save the date: Walking with Al for Immigrants. Al Dornan, who’s been walking 2.2 miles through his Wethersfield neighborhood every day since the beginning of the year, will take his walk to Hartford from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21, starting at the Ribicoff Federal Building, 450 Main St.