I am so proud of our Windham community and want to publicly thank the people who gave their time and/or donations and/or discounted goods prior to Veterans Day which allowed us to have our 11/11@11 celebration. The following list is in sequence of their contributions, although some of them continued to contribute throughout the last three months:

Blaine Kortemeyer at Mt. Rushmore National Park, Gerard Parent at Windham Troop 805 Eagle Boy Scouts, Don Parent, President at D2 In-line Engineering Solutions,

Joe Gagne at Roosevelt Trail Nursery, Ken Grondin at R.J.Grondin and Sons,

Scouts and their parents at Troop 805 in Windham, Sen. Bill Diamond & Rep. Gary Plummer, Mike Robertshaw at Windham Correctional Center, Kara at Windham Assessors Office, Doug, Jay and crew at Windham Public Works, Ryan & Doug at D & B Equipment Rental on Rt. 302, Jeff & Kyle at Pleasant River Excavating in Windham,

Kathy Egan at Windham Wal-Mart, Valerie at Maine Flag and Banner, Fred at P & K Sand and Gravel in Naples, Terry at Lavalley Lumber in Windham, Larry at Shaw Brothers Construction in Gorham, Peter Busque at Busque Construction in Windham,

Linda & Chris Morse at Rt.202 in Windham, Diane & Chris Toto at Pope Road in Windham, Ryan Walsh at Mobile Power Steam Washing, Linda & Steve Libby at Butter Cup Castings on River Road, Sandblaster at Richardson Monuments in So. Portland, Jason at Swenson Granite in Westbrook, Keith at Moonshine Signs in Windham, Pam at American Nameplate in Brewer, Art Stevenson at Windham VFW,

John Lewis (mason) at Maine Real Estate Connection and Kay Solder at Lakes Region Suburban Weekly and her crew of Windham ladies who provided a reception that most people thought was prepared by a professional caterer.

We could not have presented this first annual Veterans Day event at the Veterans Center without the help of these fine people. Thank you.

Don Swander

President Windham Veterans Association