Luanne Phair, right, greets her Fresh Air Fund child, Jayla Jones, 11, of Staten Island, N.Y., on Thursday at Shaw's Plaza on Kennedy Memorial Drive in Waterville.
Bryce Doyon, 8, right, of Waterville, hugs his friend and Fresh Air Fund kid Mahmoud Jalloh, 8, of Brooklyn, N.Y., on Thursday at Shaw's Plaza on Kennedy Memorial Drive in Waterville. The program brings inner-city children to rural and suburban areas of the Northeast.
Jennifer Civiello, of Wilton, takes a picture of her children — from left, James, 7, Noah, 9, Ben, 4, and Audrey, 3, who hold a sign welcoming their friend and Fresh Air Fund kid, Shakeinne, to Waterville on Thursday at Shaw's Plaza on Kennedy Memorial Drive in Waterville.
A Fresh Air Fund boy meets his host family Thursday as he gets off the bus at Shaw's Plaza on Kennedy Memorial Drive in Waterville.
Fresh Air Fund children get off the bus Thursday at Shaw's Plaza on Kennedy Memorial Drive in Waterville as they meet their host families.
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