‘Friendship Bench’ Is Dedicated
To CCS Teacher Aide Carol Krisch
A bench inscribed with “Come Sit, Make A Friend Or Two,” was dedicated this afternoon at Cooperstown Elementary School in memory of Carol Ann Krisch, who suggested the idea to guidance counselor Christine McBrearty Hulse, lower left. Krisch, a teacher aide and monitor at the school for 16 years, passed away suddenly on Sept. 8, 2016, at her home in Fork Shop. Recalling her childhood to McBrearty Hulse, the elementary school mainstay advised that if a child was having trouble making friends, he or she could sit on the bench and other children would offer their friendship. The whole student body gathered in the playground behind the school to hear the dedication, that included comments by retired teacher Dibble and Bud Lippitt, phys-ed teacher and a relative. Other relatives attending, lower right, included, from right, Tom and Kathy Redding, her sister and brother-in-law; cousin Barbara Kubis, Tommy Redding and his fiance, Dayna Vibbard, and baby Maddyn, 18 months, Krisch’s great-niece. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
What a wonderful idea. So glad Carol’s wish was granted!
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