Melissa Jackson, left, Melanie Lamore Gagnon, center, and Crystal Parritt get Galentine’s Day baskets ready Friday at the YWCA in Lewiston. Three baskets were delivered as a fundraiser for the YWCA, one featuring coffee, one featuring chocolate and one featuring self-care products. Lamore Gagnon is the executive director of the YWCA. Jackson is the member services director and Parritt is the child care services director. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo

Melanie Lamore Gagnon, left, and Melissa Jackson get ready Friday at the Lewiston YWCA to deliver Galentine’s Day baskets in Lewiston. Lamore Gagnon is the executive director of the YWCA. Jackson is the member services director. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo

Crystal Parritt, left, and Melanie Lamore Gagnon load Galentine’s Day baskets Friday into their cars at the YWCA in Lewiston. The deliveries were a fundraiser for the organization. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo

Sharon Carter of Lewiston, center, is surprised Friday to see her friends from the Lewiston YWCA while having breakfast with Brie Masselli, right, at IHOP in Auburn. Carter, a longtime volunteer at the YWCA, received one of 68 Galentine’s Day baskets YWCA staff delivered. “Galentine’s Day is a chance for ladies to celebrate the special ladies in their life,” Melissa Jackson, left, said. The 68 baskets that were filled with coffee, chocolate and self-care items were the most members have delivered in the five years since the fundraiser began, Executive Director Melanie Lamore Gagnon said. “Women are trying to show their appreciation and their love for women in their lives since they can’t get together,” she said. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo

YWCA child care services director Crystal Parritt loads Galentine’s Day baskets Friday into a car at the YWCA in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo

Lewiston YWCA member services director Melissa Jackson delivers a Galentine’s Day basket Friday to Sharon Carter of Lewiston at the IHOP restaurant in Auburn. Carter was having breakfast with her friend Brie Masselli. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo

Sharon Carter of Lewiston receives a Galentine’s Day from basket her friends at the Lewiston YWCA on Friday while having breakfast at IHOP in Auburn. Carter is a longtime volunteer at the YWCA. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo

Longtime YWCA volunteer Sharon Carter of Lewiston, right, is surprised Friday with a Galentine’s Day basket while having breakfast at IHOP in Auburn. From left is the Lewiston YWCA delivery team of Melanie Lamore Gagnon, Marielynn Herrera, Crystal Parritt, Finley Parritt and Melissa Jackson. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo


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