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Caroline Deshaies is working towards her junior Senpai belt at Phoenix Karate Academy in Auburn. One of her requirements is to organize and manage a community service project.
Deshaies chose to raise money for the Hope Haven Gospel Mission in Lewiston. She decided to hold a family movie night at the dojo and collected donations in lieu of admissions. She raised $184 for the charity while creating an event for her fellow students and families.
RJ Bourgeois effort began by showing appreciation to Barbara Bush Children s Hospital staff.
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RJ Bourgeois, 8, and his sister, Sophie, 4, create individual packets of school supplies Monday at their home in Greene. RJ’s fundraiser to provide gifts for children took a different spin this winter because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The money raised paid for school supplies for Lewiston and Auburn students learning from home.
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GREENE When COVID-19 got in the way, RJ Bourgeois found a way around it.
For the past two Christmases the 8-year-old from Greene had sold crafts and “Ninja Bread” at fairs to raise money for gifts to patients at Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital in Portland, where he was born with a life-threatening condition.