Elliot Pettengill of Lewiston presented the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society, 55 Strawberry Ave., Lewiston, with donations from her fifth birthday on Sept. 16. Pettengill, a kindergarten student at the Acadia Academy, asked for donations for the pets in lieu of birthday gifts. Pettengill, left, is pictured with her sister, Emma Pettengill, holding Guinea pigs Chloe and Cricket. FMI: 207-783-2311, www.SavingPetsInMaine.org or www.facebook/GAHumane.
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