The Lisbon Reporter

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Thursday, March 12, 2015

Lisbon Dr. Seuss Night Hosts Over 400‏

LISBON CELEBRATES ANNUAL DR. SEUSS EVENT WITH RECORD ATTENDANCE

Lisbon School’s Assistant Superintendent, Heather Wilmot, assisted as a guest reader during the evening festivities at the annual Dr. Seuss birthday celebration at Lisbon Community School. Face painting provided by LCS District Librarian Katy Dodge; Library aide, Victoria Worden; Roxanne Blethen, Laurie Cincotta, Debbie Cote, Linda Lally, Sally LeBlanc, Dottie Nadeau, Kymberlee Piela and Jessi Stein helped create a Seussville atmosphere for the event. Photo by Natalie Thomsen.

Lisbon – The halls throughout Lisbon Community School were filled with Dr. Seuss pajama designs and other costume clad students, parents, staff, and community members celebrating the National Read Across America Program with a Dr. Seuss Birthday Celebration. Guest readers arrived at the school campus located at 33 Mill Street in Lisbon on Friday, March 6^th, to find a record number of attendees. Sue Ramsay, Officer Jeff Picard, Chief Sean Galipeau, Sue Bornstein, Shawn Wright, Heather Wilmot, Jo Jean Keller, Judith Rowe and Ron Hood provided readings to children, and their parents, from the most popular collection of Dr. Seuss books.

Guest receptionists Lorraine Bard and Lisa Caron welcomed over 400 attendees to the event. “Thanks to the combined efforts of our adult and junior volunteers throughout the district, we had a fun-filled family night in Lisbon,” shares Lisbon’s Community Resource Coordinator, Monica Millhime. “Anticipating a larger crowd from the 300 attendees last year, we opened our doors earlier at 4:15 p.m. to allow visitors the opportunity to get their faces painted with Dr. Seuss characters.

Donations from the face painting were targeted for use by the LCS Library. An added feature this year were the impressive displays of Dr. Seuss themed bulletin boards designed by classroom teachers and their students. Guests were invited to vote on their top three choices of bulletin boards.” Homemade cookies provided by Lisbon’s Nutrition Director Jim Damsgaard, and his LCS kitchen staff, were a huge hit. Door prizes and iTune gift cards for the winning bulletin boards were provided by the LCS PTO group.

Junior volunteers offered popcorn sales thanks to a donation from the Auburn Flagship Cinema. Proceeds from the sales benefit local non-profit agencies. Ron Hood, an avid collector of Seuss and Pez items donated a Sneetches collectable. Jo Jean Keller from the Lisbon Library contributed a Dr. Seuss tote bag as a door prize. “According to the feedback received after the event, folks are already looking forward to next year’s event.”

FMI on other events and programs in Lisbon Schools call 754.0021 or email mmillhime@lisbonschoolsme.org. Additional photos from the event can be found on FaceBook at Community Resource News in Lisbon Schools.