Fundraiser benefits CMMC

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SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISERS - From left are Bennett Center coordinator Kathi Varney, Bennett Center supervisor Sue Rossignol, OHCHS students Joline Waite and Taylor Black and CMMC Medical Imaging director Cindy Harradon.

LEWISTON — Two students at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in South Paris raised more than $1,500 for Central Maine Medical Center’s Sam and Jeanie Bennett Breast Care Center as part of their senior project. “Team Pink We Care,” the brainchild of Joline Waite and Taylor Black, was a fund-raiser dedicated to breast cancer awareness. The students contacted more than 75 Oxford County area businesses seeking donations for an auction. They also hosted a bake sale featuring “pink ribbon cookies” crafted to promote their cause. Not content with creating edible fund-raising materials, they also designed “Team Pink We Care” t-shirts and lapel buttons. They donated buttons not distributed during their fund-raising campaign to the Bennett Center. “It’s amazing what these two future leaders have done to help others,” said Cindy Harradon, director of Medical Imaging at CMMC.

Waite and Black have each expressed an interest in pursuing healthcare as a career opportunity.