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Teen Volunteer Spotlight: Lorraine

10/21/2022

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Written by: Lorraine Hillgen-Santa

Conservation Discovery Corps, Teen Volunteer

​My name is Lorraine Hillgen-Santa and I am going into my Junior year of high school at Choate Rosemary Hall. This year I joined Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo’s Conservation Discovery Corps. Conservation Discovery Corps, also known as CDC, is a program for high school students which allows them to spend time over the summer working with the Zoo both on and off grounds. Every new or “first-year” student goes through a training program on the weekends throughout the Spring. ​

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