Lisbon School Teacher Recipient of Bean Bag Bounty‏

Lisbon Community School Teacher Rescued by BBBS People Posse

 Lisbon Community School third grade teacher, Sue Hardison, enjoys the delivery of bean bag chairs from Big Brother Big Sister Program Manager, Ron Hood.  Anxious young readers who assisted unloading the chairs are (l-r) Carolyn Shane, fourth grade student at LCS, daughter of Pam Shane of Lisbon; Hardison; Tristen Bouffard, a student in Mrs. Hardison’s class, daughter of Brandy Sanders of Lisbon Falls, and Ron Hood.  Photo by Monica Millhime.

Lisbon – Sue Hardison, a member of the grade three team of teachers at the Community School in Lisbon, was on a mission this summer.  Hardison wanted to provide  a comfortable reading nook for students in her classroom.   She used the standard method of requesting assistance from  the Lisbon volunteer force through an all call global message for contributions of six bean bag chairs in good condition.  Ron Hood, Program Director for Big Brother Big Sister in Lewiston by day, Lisbon volunteer by night and weekends, received the request.  Hood was the first one to respond to the request willing to provide a bean bag chair.  With the opening of school right around the corner, and determined to make the reading nook a reality, Hood organized a group of community minded folks, Wanda Brown, Jeanne Hood, Terry Samson, Frank Federico, Becki Quimby, Deb Danforth, Sue Culleton and Jim Hood to complete Hardison’s mission.  “Thanks to the generosity of the People Posse,” comments Hood, “we were able to donate not six, but ten, new bean bag chairs for students to have a reading nook ready for use the first day of school.”  “We are extremely fortunate to have so many wonderful volunteers in Lisbon,” commented Hardison.  “The community partnership with BBBS has been a wonderful connection in our schools and having Mr. Hood as a volunteer too is a win-win for our students.”  FMI on volunteer opportunities in Lisbon call 754.0021 or email mmillhime@lisbonschoolsme.org.