Seniors spread cheer to the troops

The members of Austintown Senior Center recently donated and shipped care packages for troops overseas. Lucy Caruso, a Youngstown State University student intern at the center, organized the collection and shipment of the donated items. She has a brother serving with the Marines in Afghanistan. In the front row, from left to right, are Joann Lipkovich, Dorothy Schultz, Faye Marciano, Roselynn Ferranti and Mary Sponagle. In the back row are Caruso; Alex Panno; Bill Adams, director of the senior center; Ruth McAndrews and Jeannette Hitt.