‘People just kept coming’: In the wake of tragedy, Shrewsbury students raise $2,300 through lemonade stand

SHREWSBURY – A group of local students wasted no time making an impact after a tragedy.

After Shrewsbury resident Kevin Doherty, 56, was shot and killed after dropping his child off at Coolidge Elementary School on Aug. 29, a group of seven second- through seventh-grade children – all of whom are current or former Coolidge students – held a lemonade stand that raised over $2,300 for Doherty’s family.

“It literally became a place where people were gathering ideas, talking about how they could support. People were having difficult conversations. It was a safe space where people were talking about how they could support the community,” said Reema Raghavendra, a parent who hosted the lemonade stand in her front yard…

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