NORTH ANDOVER — The Dirty Hands Project’s newest student club stepped away from North Andover Middle School on Thursday morning in their green event T-shirts for a 5-mile hike to recognize and build awareness of the importance of mental health.
The club’s two leaders, eighth-graders Cooper Czerepak and Matthew Collura, led the forest-green throng of 70 students, two parents, two teachers and project founder Josh Moughan.
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