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Cherowl Masse, right, of Farmingdale finds a handmade bracelet with an owl on it Friday during a gathering of Red Hat Society chapters at the Auburn Mall. Fern Doiron, center, of Jay makes the bracelets out of buttons and sells them to raise money for organizations that help children and teenagers in Franklin County. Jayne Conley of Pittston is at left. Chapters gather at the mall every Friday before Thanksgiving to donate toys for the Salvation Army Toy Drive. Masse collects anything with owls since her first name, Cherowl, has an owl in it. Daryn Slover/Sun JournalRed Hat Society member Fern Doiron of Jay and other members of the Jay/Livermore Falls Button Bee make and sell button bracelets to raise money for organizations that help children and teenagers in Franklin County. Buttons for Babes Giving Circle started in 2008. Daryn Slover/Sun JournalJacquie DeLasso, center left, and Sue Atwood, center right, both of Brunswick, chat Friday during a gathering of Red Hat Society chapters at the Auburn Mall. Society chapters gather at the mall on the Friday before Thanksgiving every year to collect toys for the Salvation Army Toy Drive. The Rambuncious Red Hatters started the tradition 17 years ago. The Sparkling Angelic Divas have since taken over the collection, said DeLasso, the Queen of the Divas chapter. Daryn Slover/Sun JournalRed Hat Society member Diane Getz of Livermore Falls participates Friday during a gathering of Red Hat Society chapters at the Auburn Mall. Society chapters gather at the mall on the Friday before Thanksgiving every year to collect toys for the Salvation Army Toy Drive. The Rambuncious Red Hatters started the tradition 17 years ago. The Sparkling Angelic Divas have since taken over the collection, said DeLasso, the Queen of the Divas chapter. Getz is 78 years old. Daryn Slover/Sun JournalRose Pelletier, left, walks with Theresa Ouellette, both of Lewiston, during a gathering of Red Hat Society chapters Friday at the Auburn Mall. Society chapters gather at the mall on the Friday before Thanksgiving every year to collect toys for the Salvation Army Toy Drive. Ouellette, 89, was the Queen of the Rambuncious Red Hatters when the chapter started the tradition 17 years ago. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
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