‘Frozen’ raffle winners are ‘family’

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Ella Dumast, 7, and Ellie Damashek, 8, had never met in their young lives, but their grandmothers, Leslie Aronin, (Ella) and Ronnie Hirsh ( Ellie), and mothers Kelly (Aronin) Dumast and Lara (Hirsh) Damashek have known each for years, living in Woodmere.

With their grandmothers both winning tickets to see “Frozen” on Broadway through a raffle run by the New Horizon Counseling Center, everyone got together at a June 6 matinee at the St. James Theatre. A family friendship now extends into its third generation as the second-grade girls bonded over the Disney production.

All proceeds from the raffle will support the Counseling Center that offers an array of programs and services ranging from behavioral health to school-based offerings.