Greg Johnson, executive director of The Summit Project, addresses Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School students and guests Feb. 7 about the organization’s mission to help Gold Star families in Maine honor their fallen loved ones. Superintendent Heather Manchester and school Principal Paul Bickford listen.
Greg Johnson, right, executive director of The Summit Project, introduces Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School teacher Jessica Roy and her son Brady during an assembly Feb. 7 at the school in Paris. The Roys, including older son Christian, became a Gold Star family when Navy Chief Petty Officer Robert Roy was killed in an automobile crash while serving in Florida.
The Summit Project displays honor stones Feb. 7 at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in Paris for 20 Maine service members who died during their service.
Madysyn Beane, right, shows the honor stone of her father, Army PFC Terry Beane, Feb. 7 at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in Paris to family friend Jazmynn Brown. The stone is one of 20 on loan to the school by The Summit Project, which works with Maine Gold Star families to commemorate and honor their fallen heroes.
Gold Star families from Oxford Hills fill the first first three rows Feb. 7 in the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School gym in Paris as Principal Paul Bickford talks about the work of The Summit Project. The Portland-based organization, whose mission is to honor all of Maine’s fallen service members going back to 9/11, was featured at the assembly.
Army PFC Terry Beane's honor stone is one of 20 displayed Feb. 7 at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in Paris and loaned by The Summit Project. Beane graduated from Edward Little High School in Auburn in 2012. He died in 2019 in Las Vegas, Nev. while on active duty, leaving his wife and two children. The Summit Project works with Maine Gold Star families to commemorate and honor their fallen heroes.
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