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Wednesday, November 7, 2007

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The ultimate donation

WELLESLEY

Every School Committee meeting, the members approve a list of the usual contributions from local parents and residents - trumpets, audio-visual equipment, money for playground improvements, etc. One recent list, however, included a highly unusual item: a 1996 BMS 325.

The car was donated by Susan and Carl Bell, Wellesley residents with children in each level of the public schools. Susan Bell said she read the high school auto shop needed a used car for students to practice on, and she was looking to get rid of the old BMW.

School Committee chairman Michael Young said the car will be refurbished by the high school auto shop and sold to benefit the school.

-- Lisa Keen

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