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...other beer garden, sponsored by Grafton, featured beer and chili, with all proceeds being donated to Help for Abused Women and their Children, an organization based in Salem, Mass.“We all came in on our day off,” said Lauren J. Bonaventura, a Grafton employee. “We’re not getting any money or tips. We’re just here to have a good time, and [to] work for a good cause.”In addition to the food and drink—as well as the more charitable-minded...
...Bonaventura, who was on the Summerbridge faculty admissions committee this year, said the applicants had to possess several qualities beyond the desire to teach to be accepted to the program...
...Bonaventura said the prospective teachers had to survive a three-hour group interview in which they had to present a seven-minute mini-lesson and design a field trip in half an hour with other applicants...
...It’s a very real situation compared to what we do—teachers in the summer are asked to do a lot in a very little amount of time,” Di Bonaventura said. “Our teachers don’t get a lot of sleep...
...them to take risks, and we do that in the program over and over and over again,” Di Bonaventura...