DOROTHY ORVIS PLAYS a game of toy-car shuffleboard with second- and fourth-grade students from St. Mary’s School during a recent visit to Project Independence in Middlebury. The children are, from left, MaKayla Foster, Libby Marini, Sebastian Huber and Wyatt Norris. Watching in the back are fourth-grade teacher Megan Baker and parent Joe Cotroneo. Photo by Terry Norris