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Monday balloon release in Potsdam to memorialize Garrett Phillips

Posted 10/21/16

POTSDAM - The Garrett Phillips Memorial Balloon Release "Balloons to Heaven" will be held Monday, Oct. 24 at 6 p.m. at the Garrett Phillips Memorial Park near the turf entrance at Potsdam High …

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Monday balloon release in Potsdam to memorialize Garrett Phillips

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POTSDAM - The Garrett Phillips Memorial Balloon Release "Balloons to Heaven" will be held Monday, Oct. 24 at 6 p.m. at the Garrett Phillips Memorial Park near the turf entrance at Potsdam High School.

Park in the parking lot behind the high school.

Participants can purchase an orange or blue environmentally friendly balloon for a $1.

Balloon sales begin at 5 p.m.

All proceeds raised go directly to the mentoring program at A. A. Kingston Middle School.

Phillips, 12, was murdered on Oct. 24, 2011 at his Potsdam home.