Kiwanis getting ready to brighten the holidays for children in need

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The first snowflake of the season may have just fallen, but the Kiwanis Club of Dover-Foxcroft is already beginning its planning for this year’s Christmas Project. Letters will soon be going out to those folks, churches, businesses and clubs who generously “adopted” children last year.

    The Kiwanis Club gets a lot of credit for helping the local kids at Christmas and they couldn’t succeed without the many members of the community who donate their time, talent and monetary donations to safeguard that every child’s name received is provided for at Christmas. The Kiwanis Club works in conjunction with Penquis, which acts as a clearinghouse for the local communities in the area.
    Applications for the Christmas Project, or Santa Project as it is also known, are available through Penquis and the children who fall within the RSU 68 school area are forwarded to the Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Club for “adoption”. Children falling within other school districts are forwarded to the local organization fulfilling needs for those areas.
    The combined efforts of many are needed to make each Christmas Project successful and as in past years, the need is great. If you or your business, club or church are able to lend a helping hand this year please contact Barbara Austin, who is this year’s chairwoman of the Christmas Project for the D-F Kiwanis, at 564-2281 or at Mrsmoore2@aol.com.
    Children can be adopted through the month of November with gifts being dispersed to the families in mid-December. Working together as a caring community every child can look forward to a merry Christmas.