Key Club students travel to district convention

On the evening of Sunday, April 2, after an amazing weekend at the District Educational Convention in Springfield Mass., students from Dexter, Foxcroft Academy, Greenville and Penquis Valley Key Clubs were were given a surprise escort by the Dexter Fire Department. Fire trucks met the bus at the town line with sirens blazing escorting the students on buses to Dexter Regional High School.

This year over 800 high school students from New England attended the event. Area Key Clubs were among those to receive individual as well as group awards at the district convention for community projects. Key Clubs around Maine are some of the most active clubs in all of New England.

Key Club is an international student-led organization which provides its members with opportunities to provide service, build character and develop leadership. Regional Key Clubs work closely together raising funds and serving with projects such as Camp Sunshine, Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Institute and Children of Peace International, March of Dimes, Children’s Miracle Network and UNICEF. Additionally student work to help the elderly and elementary school programs, the American Red Cross and perform other acts of community service in their towns.

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KEY CLUB DISTRICT CONVENTION — Key Club members from Dexter, Foxcroft Academy, Greenville and Penquis Valley attended the the District Educational Convention in Springfield, Mass. earlier in the month.