DAISY Award

Bridgton Hospital presented its most recent DAISY Award to Carolyn Brewer-Dube, a registered nurse in the oncology clinic. Carolyn was honored for exemplary commitment to her oncology patients, specifically cited by her two nominations to receive this award. A resident of Raymond, she has been employed in the oncology clinic at Bridgton Hospital since 2004.

The DAISY Award honorees personify Bridgton Hospital’s remarkable patient experience. DAISY Award nurses consistently demonstrate excellence through their clinical expertise and extraordinary compassionate care, and they are recognized as outstanding role models in the nursing community. The DAISY Award is an international program that rewards and celebrates nurses with both extraordinary clinical skills and compassion. The DAISY Foundation was established in California in 1999 by the family of J. Patrick Barnes who died of complications of the auto-immune disease Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura (ITP) at the age of 33. DAISY is an acronym for diseases attacking the immune system.

Carolyn was presented a bouquet of daisies, a DAISY certificate, a DAISY Award pin, and a hand-carved stone sculpture entitled A Healer’s Touch. She was also given a dedicated parking spot on campus. Congratulations!

Special Track Meet

Team Raymond had a great day at the Cumberland County Special Olympics Track and Field Meet held earlier this month at Windham High School. The event started with the Windham Primary School singing the National Anthem and the Windham High School Band leading the Parade of Athletes around the track.

Students competing from Raymond Elementary School included Connor Daigle, Ryan Blanchard, and first time Olympians Cameron Landry, Cole Pomeroy, and Dylan Moran. Jordan-Small Middle School was represented by AJ Mains, Seth Richards, Lucas Maloney-Spiller, Brooke Whitney, Charity Adams, and Brandon Bearor. Team Raymond participated in the 50- and 100-meter dash, softball throw, standing and running long jump, and a joint 4×100 meter relay with Windham Middle School.

The team is coached by John Keller who was pleased by their individual effort and was happy they had fun competing and earned ribbons in their age group divisions. He said, “They improved their skills in these areas and received some great physical fitness benefits with over a month of practice in the gym and on the field as well as from their physical and occupational therapy sessions.”

A special thank-you goes to Raymond staff Moira Case, Lori Gagnon, Dennis Woodruff, Alex Miller, Ryan Monroe, and co-Special Olympics coach Anne Blake. Additional thanks to JSMS student Corey Fowler who was an immense help at the practices and at the meet.

Weekend Meals

and Ice Cream

Who knew eating ice cream could benefit others? A delicious fundraiser will be held on Tuesday, June 4, from 4-9 p.m. at The Dugout which will donate 20 percent of the evening’s sales including gift certificates to the RSU 14 Weekend Meals Program. This program provides meals to some of the neediest children at Windham Primary, Manchester, and Raymond Elementary Schools. For more information or to make a cash donation, contact Erica Brown, Windham High School French Honor Society Advisor at ebrown@rsu14.org, or call Windham High School 892-1810, ext. 378.

Maine’s Largest

Yard Sale

The Raymond Village Community Church invites the public in the Lakes Region to join in putting together the largest yard sale yet in Maine on Saturday, June 15. “A single June yard sale gets lost among all the other yard sales,” said RVCC Yard Sale coordinator Rolf Olsen, “but if we all work together, we can make the Raymond Center Yard Sale Extravaganza the place to be in southern Maine on June 15.”

RVCC is offering table space for a nominal fee to anyone interested in selling merchandise. The church vestry and parking lot will be full of vendors. Many have already signed up, but there is space for more. In addition, RVCC is encouraging neighbors on Main Street, Mill Street, Gay Avenue, Meadow Road, and Chapel Street to hold their own yard sales that day or to let friends host yard sales on their property. “The more people who hold yard sales, the more traffic we can all attract, which helps everybody,” Olsen said.

The church is asking for donations of any kind of saleable merchandise for the yard sale. Pick-ups can be arranged anywhere in the Lakes Region. There will also be a pig roast, a midway for kids, an appearance by Lovebug the Clown, and other activities to attract as many people as possible to the event.

For information about reserving table space, contact Polly at 892-4301. For other information or to arrange a merchandise pick-up, contact Rolf or Brenda Olsen at 655-4670 or e-mail: rolsen001@maine.rr.com. The yard sale is a major fundraiser for RVCC, and the proceeds enable the church to continue and expand its community and mission programs in Raymond and the broader world. Learn more about the programs of RVCC at www.rvccme.org.

$5 Vacation

With warmer weather finally here, are you starting to think of lakeside vacations? If so, Point Sebago Resort is a fabulous place to stay and you have the chance to spend a week there for only $5. Point Sebago has generously donated a gift certificate for a five-day stay to the Raymond Village Library. This vacation package is for June 16-21, 2013. This is the last week to purchase raffle tickets which are only $5 each or four tickets for $15. The winning ticket will be drawn on Sunday, May 26. All proceeds will go toward the purchase of library materials.

“We are pleased to contribute to the community through this partnership with the Raymond Village Library,” said Don Toms, general manager of Point Sebago. Buy your tickets now and enjoy a week at the beautiful resort located on Sebago Lake.

Kids Night Out

Do you need a few hours off and do the kids crave spending a night out with their friends doing something different? The Windham High School Spanish Honor Society is hosting a “Kids Night Out” for children from Raymond and Windham in kindergarten through fifth grade. This event will be held at Windham High School on Friday, May 31, from 6-9 p.m. or you can drop the kids off at 5:30 for a pizza dinner. The cost is only $10 for your first child, $6 for any siblings and an additional $2 for each meal provided. This fun night will include outdoor games and activities, crafts, songs, movies, and lots of fun movement all with a Spanish flair. Registration in advance is strongly encouraged especially if dinner is desired, and can be done by emailing psoucy@rsu14.org. For more information, contact the high school’s Spanish adviser, Trish Soucy, at 892-1810 ext. 267. This is a fundraiser to benefit a Costa Rica Scholarship.