A celebration of community
Wearing a hot-pink wig, Zippy the clown, otherwise known as Julie Zauzmer ’13, was encircled by children at the Community Football Day tent in front of the Murr Center, where Harvard last Saturday hosted lunch and activities for Cambridge and Allston-Brighton residents during the 23rd Community Football Day. More than 1,000 neighbors turned out to mingle with each other and with Harvard staff members and then soaked in the Crimson football experience under a brilliant blue sky, complete with crisp fall breeze. Zauzmer, who was fashioning balloons into objects, mused, “I’ve never made a football before,” after a boy placed his order. But she got the job done and handed the balloon ball to the boy. “It’s shaped like a blood cell! Hey, I’ll give it to my science teacher,” he said, trying a toss. Zauzmer, who is part of the Harvard student group Class Clowns, volunteered her time for the day. Cambridge residents Cora...