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Post Commander Don Frechette presenting the donation to Megan Goodine, who is receiving on behalf of the Play It Safe Foundation. (Megan Goodine is from LEAP, Inc. and she helped organize the 2019 basketball fundraiser after Larry Lord was injured in the Farmington explosion in September.) Also in the photo is Post Quarter Master Dave Lachapelle, and in the back ground Post Chaplain Larry Bilodeau.
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JAY Local Jay Veterans of Foreign Wars, Frank L. Mitchell Post 3335, made its annual contribution to the Jake Lord, Play it Safe Foundation. The donation was raised by the post through multiple dinner fund raisers, and again matched by several post members.
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Here the winners are shown with VFW Post members. Front row is Ophelia Hughes, Avery Ryder, and Madison Hughes. Back row is Jim Manter, Post Judge Advocate; middle is Dave Lachepelle, Post Quartermaster; right is Post Commander, Don Frechette.
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JAY Local Jay Veterans of Foreign Wars, Frank L. Mitchell Post 3335 announces the 2020 local winners of the “Patriots Pen” Essay Competition. Local students in the Jay/Livermore/Livermore Falls area submitted essays expressing their views on an annual patriotic theme. The 2020 theme was “What is Patriotism to Me?”.
Receiving first place was Ophelia Hughes, second place Madison Cardes, and third place Avery Ryder. Thirteen local students submitted their essays, and were independently judged by the city leaders from Livermore/Jay/Livermore Falls. Judging is based on how well the applicants understand, develop, and present the annual theme in their essay.