Dexter field lighting project reaches $150K milestone
DEXTER — The field lighting project at Dexter Regional High School has reached $150,000, Assistant Principal/Athletic Director Adam Gudroe announced in an April 17 post on the Dexter Maine Facebook page.
“With some very generous donations that have come in recently, we have reached $150,000 for our field lighting project and have officially ordered the lights!,” Gudroe wrote. “We cannot say enough about the support our community has shown for this project. We will continue to fundraise for the installation costs, but this is super exciting news for our small community!”
Gudroe thanked eight gold sponsors for donating $5,000 — Perkco Supply, Chandler Perkins; Millworks Custom Apparel, Frank Spizuoco; Bangor Savings Bank; Dexter Fish & Game; Maple Leaf Truss; Darling’s Ford; Paul and Laurel Curtis; and Scott Warren.
“These sponsors will be recognized on our donor wall this fall. We appreciate your support!,” Gudroe wrote.
Donations can be made at www.aos94.org.
In late February SAD 46 launched a $250,000 field lighting project, with a post on the school Facebook page including diagrams of a synthetic athletic field and track and grandstand and concessions and storage buildings.
The post said the lighting project will be the first phase of a larger multi-sport turf field renovation project for the school and community at the site of the current football field and surrounding dirt track. Installing permanent lights will increase safety, allow evening practices and games, create more opportunities for athletes and make it easier for families to attend.
Last fall a T-Mobile campaign gave the school $75,000 toward an upgraded athletic facility.
Dexter Regional High School serves over 140 youth athletes across all fall athletic programs and plans to complete installation pending fundraising progress, with targeted completion by September.
In the fall the school finished third in T-Mobile’s Friday Night 5G Lights contest with more than 500,000 online votes being cast from around the country, receiving $50,000 along with another $25,000 for being one of 25 national finalists. The money was ceremonially awarded at a November assembly in the Ed Guiski Gymnasium.
With more than 2 million votes received out of the 8 million cast for 25 national finalists, Dierks High School in southwestern Arkansas won the $1 million prize. Lebanon High School in northwestern Oregon came in second with nearly 1.5 million votes.