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PHOTO: Carol Rothenberg, of the Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club, and Peter Kaurup, of the Oxford Hills Club, deliver hygienically repackaged packets of masks to the Universalist Church of Norway Food Pantry on March 10. Fayelene McKeen, director of Food Pantry accepted them. (Submitted photo)
BRIDGTON — Carol Rothenberg, of the Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club, and Peter Kaurup, of the Oxford Hills Club, handed over more than 70 hygienically repackaged packets of 10 masks each for distribution to patrons of the Universalist Church of Norway Food Pantry on March 10. Fayelene McKeen, director of Food Pantry accepted them.
The first round of the New England Rotary Clubs’ Million Mask Challenge arrived in October and the masks were distributed to police and fire departments and community centers. At the same time, the Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club distributed to them food pantries in Bridgton, Naples and Sweden.
The second round of masks arrived in January along with a limited number of children’s face coverings. These too were delivered to food pantries in the region. The last of the masks were distributed to pantries in Naples, Sweden and Norway in early March. The club recently received 400 kids’ masks from the Bethel Club; those masks are being delivered to Naples, North Fryeburg and St. Joseph’s Food Pantry in Bridgton in mid-March.
Carol Madsen, the Bridgon-Lake Region Rotary COVID-19 project coordinator, said, “With the Biden administration’s plan to deliver face masks to food pantries and health clinics throughout the country from March through May, the Rotary Club will move to providing local food pantries with more health and wellness products.”
Contact B-LR President Julie Forbes or President Elect Jessica Putnam at LakeRegionRotary@gmail.com for more information, or visit lakeregionrotary.com and like the Facebook page BridgtonLakeRegionRotary.
