Last Sunday, the graduating class of
2016, friends, family and running enthusiasts gathered for the first annual
Project Grad 5K. The race was held at Gambo Road fields and on the Mountain
Division Trail. Headed up by Meesh and Mike Preston, the event raised $2,000
for a chem free activity after graduation.
The top male finisher was Daniel Bannon
from New Gloucester with a time of 18:38 and the top woman finisher was Megan
Curtis from Windham with a time of 20:59.
Project Graduation has been keeping
graduated students from partying inappropriately after graduation and then
engaging in risky behaviors for more than 20 years. Students choose from a few
choice what they would like to do and volunteer parents raise money to make it
happen, from all night cruises to whitewater rafting, the goal is to provide
the fun at no cost to the students.
“I want to say
thanks to the community for contributing to this fundraiser. I want to make it
an annual event for each graduating class, to help them go on the project
graduation trip. A Chem-free event is very important to my family,” said Meesh
Preston. Meesh volunteered to continue holding the event until 2019 when her
son graduates. Her daughter Julia graduates this year. 
The next
Project Grad 2016 event is a pickleball tournament at Windham High School on
May 21. For more visit, www.facebook.com/events/262559044084050/. To help in other ways, returnables
can be brought to Patman's and tell them to put the money on the WHS project
grad account or donations can be sent to Windham High
School ATTN: Project grad committee.
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