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Friday, December 26, 2014
Volume 10 • Issue No. 52
Berwick Students Fulfill Toy Wishes for Twenty Years SOUTH BERWICK – For twenty years, Berwick Academy students have participated in the Toys for Tots program, raising money during Upper School assembly and using the funds to purchase gifts for local children in need. This year, our students set a record by raising $2400, enough to fulfill eight of the twenty-four requests from the stars on the tree in downtown South Berwick. Led by Upper School history teacher Brad Fletcher, students raise money, shop for toys, wrap them in Brad’s classroom, and deliver them to the Town Office. The town itself has ex-
Berwick students set a record by raising $2,400 this year to fulfill the Toys for Tots requests from the stars on the South Berwick Christmas tree.
pressed gratitude to Berwick’s participation in the program, “Without Berwick, we would have a much harder and bigger
job to fill the need for toys.� For Brad, this activity is more than just helping children in need; it is also a great reflec-
tion of the students’ character and their commitment to community. “When we were buying toys at Toys “R� Us a few years
ago, a woman approached me, asking who we were and what we were doing. I explained, and she said that she wanted her kids to grow up to be like our kids. It was a great moment.� Founded in 1791, Berwick Academy is an independent, coeducational day school located in South Berwick, Maine. For over 200 years, the Academy has pursued its mission of promoting “Virtue and Useful Knowledge� through a purposeful blend of strong academics, arts, and athletics. Berwick serves nearly 600 students in grades PK-12 from the seacoast area of southern Maine, New Hampshire, and northeastern Massachusetts.
Caring Unlimited Hosts 14th Annual Atlantic Plunge KENNEBUNK – On Thursday, January 1, 2015 at 11 a.m., Caring Unlimited will host the 14th Annual Atlantic Plunge at Gooch’s Beach in Kennebunk! Registration is $25, and can be done online or day-of beginning at 10:30 a.m. The Atlantic Plunge, which was
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started by a volunteer on New Year’s Day 2001, has grown to become a sustaining source for the programs and services offered by Caring Unlimited, York County’s only domestic violence resource center. Each year, dozens of people ‘Take the Plunge,’ and collect pledges from family members, friends and co-workers. Pledges can be made online through participants’ personalized fundrais-
ing pages, or collected and turned in when participants check in at the event. This year, the Plunger with the highest fundraising total by New Year’s Day will win a $250 gift card to LL Bean! The pledges and registration fees provide vital support for Caring Unlimited’s programs and services. Since 1977, Caring Unlimited has been working with the
YORK Deck the Halls was given a whole new meaning on Friday morning at York Hospital. The Adopt-a-Holiday-Family program filled the hallway of York Hospital’s Hancock Wing with gifts for 53 seniors and families around our communities. Different departments of York Hospital collaborate and volunteer to adopt a family and the Community and Population Health Team matches them with an agency. The event went smoothly, as it has been over 20 years since its inception at York Hospital. Many York Hospital employees were excited to watch as
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the hallway filled up before the agencies came to collect the gifts. Among the gifts were bikes, furniture, a weight set, household items, mixed in with lots of toys and food. As an agency was leaving they stated how heartwarming, generous, and kind the day was and how the families they represented would be thrilled to receive all of the food and presents they were on their way to deliver. For more information regarding the Adopt-a-HolidayFamily program, please contact York Hospital’s Friendraising Office at 207-351-2385 or email info@yorkhospital.com.
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