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February 13, 2015 | Bob Luckey for Greenwich Time

Theo Brown, left, gets a lesson in boutonniere pinning from Doreen Harrison (red hat), an Abilis job coach, who was leading a group in the fine art of boutonniere making at Abilis in Greenwich, Conn., Friday, Feb. 13, 2015.

Kristy Kasmarski, left, smiles after giving the boutonniere she made to her boyfriend, Chris Walker, at Abilis in Greenwich, Conn., Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. Kasmarski and Walker are both members of the Abilis community and are taking part in the Sweetheart Ball at the Arthur Murray Grande Ballroom in Greenwich on Saturday night (Valentine's Day evening), where the boutonnieres will be exchanged for corsages by the Abilis couples. According to Doreen Harrison, an Abilis job coach who was leading the boutonniere making, 10 couples will be exchanging flowers with each other and dancing the night away courtesy of the Arthur Murray Dance Studio of Greenwich. Abilis is a Greenwich organization that serves people with developmental disabilities.

At center, Doreen Harrison, an Abilis job coach, leads couples, including Theo Brown, left, and Kristy Kasmarski, right, in the fine art of boutonniere making at Abilis in Greenwich, Conn., Friday, Feb. 13, 2015.

Kristy Kasmarski, left, pins a boutonniere on her boyfriend, Chris Walker, at Abilis in Greenwich, Conn., Friday, Feb. 13, 2015.

Doreen Harrison, an Abilis job coach, leads a group in the fine art of boutonniere making at Abilis in Greenwich, Conn., Friday, Feb. 13, 2015.

Doreen Harrison, an Abilis job coach, leads a group in the fine art of boutonniere making at Abilis in Greenwich, Conn., Friday, Feb. 13, 2015.

Doreen Harrison, an Abilis job coach, holds a plate containing boutonnieres at Abilis in Greenwich, Conn., Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. 

A rose in the hands of Doreen Harrison, an Abilis job coach, who was leading a group of Abilis clients in the fine art of boutonniere making at Abilis in Greenwich, Conn., Friday, Feb. 13, 2015.

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