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Page 2 of 2 -- WAKEFIELD TSUNAMI FUND-RAISER -- Third- and fourth-graders at Wakefield's Walton School last month raised over $400 through a book drive to aid victims of December's South Asian tsunami. Students donated their old books and sold them to other Walton School students. Several students, including Caitlin Hankard, Nina Barresi, Elizabeth and Emily Attaya, and Madison, Camryn, Sam, and Tyler Veerman, met with Ralph Benson, vice president of The Savings Bank in Wakefield, to count the money before donating it to the AmeriCares Foundation.

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POKER FOR MS RESEARCH -- Inspired by his wife, Franny Spitaleri, who has multiple sclerosis, Bob Spitaleri of Saugus organized an MS Benefit Poker Tournament set for March 4 at Lavoie's Ballard Seafood & Steak Restaurant, 128 Ballard St., Saugus. He hopes to raise $10,000 for the Central New England Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Advance registration is suggested for the event, which starts at 6:30 p.m. Call Spitaleri at 781-589-1353.

WHO, WHAT, WHERE -- James Sullivan of Stratham, N.H., recently joined the mathematics department faculty at Northern Essex Community College . . . Beverly Ann Siskind Kahn of Swampscott was elected to the board of corporators of the Lesley University Corporation . . . Merrimac Savings Bank appointed Danielle Corbin of Kingston, N.H., as manager of its new Newton, N.H. branch, where Julie Christian of Haverhill is teller supervisor, and tellers include New Hampshire residents Rachael O'Keefe and Janet Rousseau of Exeter, and Cynthia Streeter, Barbara Card, , Elizabeth Lighizer, and Heather Pirero of Newton . . . Kathleen Abrams of Lynn was appointed clinical nurse manager on BayRidge I at BayRidge Hospital in Lynn . . . . . . Pathways for Children appointed Susan Stendahl of Ipswich as chief development officer, Stephanie Walters of Gloucester as development coordinator, and Kyra Johnson of Lynnfield as development assistant . . . Roberta Gallagher of Rockport is new program manager at the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce . . . Amanda Tittler of Salem last month joined the faculty of the Marblehead School of Ballet.

Lisa Capone can be reached at capone@globe.com