Farmington Rotary yard sale, Fourth of July parade scheduled

FARMINGTON — The Farmington Rotary Club has announced two events in the coming weeks.
The annual yard sale will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 26, across from Wiles Funeral Home, 140 Farmington Falls Road (U.S. Route 2). There will be lots of great treasures to be found at the event, which took a year off last year. All proceeds from this event go to the Farmington Rotary Scholarship Fund, which awards scholarships to area High School seniors.
The Fourth of July parade them this year is “Freedom.” the parade will begin at 10 a.m., Saturday, July 3, after the 9 a.m. judging for prizes, and parade particpants will assemble in the University of Maine at Farmington student center parking lot at 8 a.m.
This year’s guest of honor will be the Honor Flight Maine program. Farmington Rotary will present an $8,430 donation to the organization, which will allow 12 veterans to participate in the Honor Flight Program. Honor Flight Maine is a nonprofit organization that transports veterans free of charge to Washington, D.C. to tour that city’s war memorials. Top priority is given to the most frail veterans – terminally ill veterans of all conflicts and World War II survivors. Korean and Vietnam veterans are transported on a first-come, first-served space-available basis.
Contact person for those who would like to participate in the parade is Terri Winslow, winslowtlds@gmail.com. There is also an entry form on Farmington Rotary Facebook page.