DEAR SUN SPOTS: Good morning. In today’s paper, May 11, No Name from Norway listed that she had an assortment of craft supplies to give away. The Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine is located in Norway and would be very interested in her beads, fabric and other items. We have a sewing group that makes bonnets for cancer patients plus we offer a variety of activities, like beading classes, free of charge to people affected by cancer. A donation like this would help us out a great deal. Please call me at (207) 583-4574, or email me at craib7@roadrunner.com. Thank you. — Sue, Norway.
DEAR SUN SPOTS: SHAREcenter in Auburn is interested in the craft supplies mentioned in your column (sent in by No Name, Norway). We are a nonprofit organization that takes materials businesses and homeowners no longer want and provide them to schools and other nonprofit organizations. These craft items are exactly the type of materials our members can use in their classrooms and programs. You can contact Paula Thibodeau, the director, at 333-6671 or myself. — Pat, No Town.
DEAR SUN SPOTS: We are nearing the Memorial Day weekend, and I would like to remind your readers of the unveiling of our 28th memorial monument on the 28th of May at 10 a.m., a Saturday. I would urge the people who will attend to bring their own chairs, as we always run out of chairs.
This year, we are having a special guest to do the unveiling. Maj. Gen. Susan Y. Desjardins (ret.) will be doing the honors. Her father, Albert E. Desjardins, was a U.S. Marine in Korea, a recipient of the Silver Star, third highest honor for gallantry in action, including three Purple Hearts, and her mother, Ann Loring Desjardins, was a nurse in the Air Force. Then her older brother, Thomas Desjardins, is a captain in the U.S. Navy (active), and her younger sister Cheryl was in the U.S. Army. They will all be there, along with relatives.
This year we will be cutting the ribbon on a new walkway to the Gold Star Mothers area. The walkway will be completed this week. Also, if any group would like to participate in the parade, call Jerry DeWitt at (207) 783-4663 ext. 228 for further information. And if anyone would like to help put flags on the graves of veterans at St. Peter’s Cemetery on May 21, we can use your help. Call Jerry DeWitt, our chairman of the L/A Veterans Council.
If anyone would like to have applications for next year’s monument, call or email Norm Cote, vice chairman L/A Veterans Council. The application tells you what you need to know, the cost, where to send checks and application: PO Box 2316, Lewiston, ME 04241.
Thanks again Sun Spots for your support for our vets. — Normand M. Cote, Vice-Chairman L/A Veterans Council.
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