Snow shovelers give back to community

By Lisa Capobianco Staff Writer What started out as a snow day last Tuesday for a group of children in Plantsville turned into a day of giving back. Nine-year-old Jamie Baden and her six-year-old sister Kylie joined their friends and peers in shoveling their neighbors’ driveways during their day off from school. When they made a total of $100 upon finishing the job, Jamie said she and her peers decided to use the money to help children in need instead of dividing the money among themselves. They decided to use the money to buy over a dozen toys for the Toys for Tots campaign. Jamie said it felt good not only to help clean her neighbor’s driveways but also to reach out to children in need. “It is the best feeling in the world,” said Jamie, who added that she and her friends ended up shoveling about 20 driveways. “We thought to ourselves, ‘who needs the money most—us or kids who do not have as much as we do.’” John Baden, the father of Jamie and Kylie, said they ended up raising more money than expected because one neighbor made a monetary contribution, and a child who could not join [...]