The Lisbon Reporter

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Friday, October 22, 2010

Lisbon HS Students Offer Community Service‏

Members of the Lisbon High School Class of 2011 donated apples to the Lisbon Area Christian Outreach program after a day long Community Service Day. LACO is a non-profit organization sponsored by area churches in the Lisbon, Durham and Bowdoin Communities. The food pantry and clothing bank is located in the MTM building on School Street in Lisbon Falls and is open to the public Wednesdays 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Thursdays 10 a.m. to noon; and Saturdays 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Pictured (l-r) LHS senior, Tobey Harrington; Carol Day, LACO Coordinator; Deb Weddle, LHS Class of 2011 Advisor; LHS seniors Katie McManus and Virginia Wilson; LACO volunteers Pat Ringrose and Jim Daley. FMI on the LACO program call 353-8019. Photo by Monica Millhime.

Lisbon – Students at Lisbon High School participated in day of giving back to the Lisbon area and greater community on Wednesday, October 13. Members of the freshman and senior classes volunteered their services during the PSAT testing schedule for LHS sophomores and juniors. Benoit’s Orchard in Lewiston hosted 55 students who assisted with picking apples and cleaning the grounds of the orchard. Seniors were treated to homemade donuts and cider and before the left purchased $300 worth of apples to donate to a local food charity, LACO (Lisbon Area Christian Outreach).

Another 25 senior students assisted at Good Sheppard Food Bank in Auburn sorting products and helping with different tasks at the facility.

Beaver Park in Lisbon was the site for yet another 14 members of the Class of 2011 Community Service for the day. Students worked together in teams clearing freshly cut brush from the cross country ski and snowmobile trails for the fast-approaching winter season.

Class of 2014 students, along with their freshman advisory teachers, provided assistance with a general clean-up of the school’s campus grounds and worked on a number of team building exercises. In appreciation of their community efforts, breakfast was provided for freshman by parents, volunteers and faculty.

FMI on other events and programs or volunteer opportunities with Lisbon Schools, contact Community Resource Coordinator, Monica Millhime, 754-0021 or email mmillhime@lisbonschoolsme.org.