Key Club members address Kiwanis Club

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    MILO — Penquis Valley High School teacher and Key Club adviser Kathy Doyon and a few of her Key Club members made a presentation to their sponsoring Kiwanis club in Milo on Wednesday, Feb. 11.
    Despite the early hour of 6:30 a.m., these bright-eyed Key Club members shared a slide show and detailed information about the club’s recent and ongoing activities in their community of Milo-Brownville, providing Key Club members with opportunities to provide service, build character, and develop leadership skills.

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    SERVING THE THREE RIVERS COMMUNITIES — Penquis Valley High School Key Club members recently spoke at a Three Rivers Kiwanis Club meeting. Pictured, from left, are advisor Kathy Doyon, Jordan Durant, Morgan Cavagnaro, Krista Dearborn, Ryan Robinson and Jacob White.

    Key Club President Ryan Robinson reported that they have 28 members on their roster and described their activities since the beginning of the year. Their activities included:
    Helping Foxcroft Academy raise funding for the Hospice Hospital;
    Sponsoring a Trunk or Treat Halloween event for kids who needed a safe place to trick or treat and participated in Trick or Treat for UNICEF;
    Helping the Red Cross with a blood drive by assisting with registration, the canteen, and guiding donors to seats;
    Raised money for Kiwanis International Eliminate Project to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus;
    Helped with the Haunted Hay Ride sponsored by the Milo Recreation Committee;
    Participated in local runs, including the Color Run, Domestic Violence Awareness Walk, and the Reindeer Run;
    Helped the Milo Elementary School with their annual Fall Frolic;
    Helped Three Rivers Kiwanis of Milo-Brownville with the Veterans Day dinner in Milo by setting up decorated tables, waiting on tables delivering dinners and desserts, and helping with clean up;
    Participated in the “Welcome to My Home” event in Dexter, which is a fundraiser to help the homeless. The club donated clothes, blankets, and canned food. To raise money, the students slept in a box outside all night and had an opportunity to see life through the eyes of the less fortunate. The event raises awareness and raises money and articles for the shelters;
    Offered pizza for sale at high school basketball games, sold DVDs of the basketball tournament, and held a bake sale to raise funds for Key Club members to attend DECON, the District Educational Convention in Springfield Massachusetts, April 10-12.
    Penquis Valley Key Club members demonstrate a high degree of integrity and ability, meriting our trust and respect, and the Three Rivers Kiwanis is proud and appreciative of their outstanding services to the community.
    Three Rivers Kiwanis of Milo-Brownville (established in 1991) meets every Wednesday morning at the Kiwanis Building at 24 Gerrish Road at 6:30 a.m., except the last Wednesday (be it the fourth or fifth Wednesday of the month), which meets at 6:30 p.m. The public is always welcome. For membership information, please call 943-6909.