CONWAY — When Grace Perley begins her sophomore year at Kennett High School in a few weeks, she will have quite an essay to write on how she spent her summer vacation.
Grace, 15, got the experience of a lifetime when the North Conway resident and her parents, Brittany and Chris Perley, spent July 20-27 in picturesque Montana with Glacier National Park serving as the backdrop while the three volunteered at the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.
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