DEAR SUN SPOTS: Please join us for Literacy Volunteers-Androscoggin’s 26th Annual Letters for Literacy Scrabble Fest at the High Street Congregational Church, 106 Pleasant St., Auburn, on Sunday, April 26. We’ll have an enjoyable afternoon of refreshments, prizes, and good-natured Scrabble competition. Arrive at 1 p.m. to sign in and gameplay will begin at 1:30 p.m. The Scrabble Fest ends at 4:30 p.m. Preregistration is required by April 21.

Scrabble fans are invited to help raise money for Literacy Volunteers by playing their favorite board game. This is Scrabble with a twist, as the competition features teams of two to four players collaborating over the same letter tray to try and outscore another multiperson team.

Participants can either form a team or register as an individual and be matched with a team that needs a player. Wordsmiths who play at tournament level should register in the Master Division. For players who are accomplished but do not compete at tournament level, we have the Pro Category, while more relaxed players should choose the Social Division. Players collect pledges to benefit adult literacy services in Androscoggin County, and the top fundraisers have a wonderful array of prizes to choose from.

All proceeds raised by players are used to provide critically needed literacy services for adults in our community. For more information, call 753-6658,  email [email protected], or go to the website:www.literacyvolunteersandro.org. — Tahlia, Auburn

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Before I ask for help, I want to thank you for the good work you do for our community. I can’t count all the times I have used information you have given us to contact help. Thank you!

Now I need your help again. My sister has reminded me that it was one of our mother’s last wishes to have a bench placed at the Veterans Cemetery in Augusta with our parents’ names on it. Since that is no longer possible, I am looking for a contact person to see if we could get a bench placed in the Lewiston Veterans Memorial Park in our parents’ names. Could you give me the name of the person I could contact to get information about this? I am hoping that person can help us fulfill our mom’s wish.  

Once again, thank you for the work you do. You are a big reason why we still subscribe to this newspaper. — Jacqueline, no town

ANSWER: Thank you for the kind words — I really appreciate it. Helping people is my jam and being part of the Sun Journal team is an important part of my life. 

As for your question, you’ll want to contact my good friend, Jerry Dewitt, either through https://www.lewistonmaine.gov/687/Veterans-Memorial-Park, where you’ll find lots of information about the park, or by calling him at 576-0376, or email him at [email protected]. Let us know what happens! 

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