The Fill the Plate Breakfast to benefit the SeniorsPlus Meals on Wheels nutrition program will be held on Friday, March 22, from 7 to 9 a.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn Riverwatch in Auburn. The breakfast will honor Lewiston resident Lucy Bisson with the 2024 Ikaria Award and feature a talk by beloved Maine humorist Gary Crocker. Tickets are $30 per person ($35 at the door). Call 207-795-4010 to ask if advance tickets are still available. Seats are limited and advance registration is recommended.
Maine humorist Gary Crocker will be the keynote speaker, with a talk titled “A Life Built on Laughter.” Born in Lewiston and raised in North Monmouth, Crocker will offer remarks and observations about his beloved Maine and her people in the classic Maine tradition. After teaching public speaking at Cony HS in Augusta, he joined the Waterville Police Department. Crocker then served as Adult Ed Director at CMVTI (now CMCC) in Auburn and eventually became the spokesman for the Community College System at the Maine State Legislature. “These experiences put me in touch with people from all walks of life and prepared me to become a Maine humorist,” he said.
The event includes the presentation of the 2024 Ikaria Award, which recognizes an individual or organization for singular and outstanding contributions toward improving the lives of older adults, to Bisson, a longtime SeniorsPlus volunteer and current Executive Director of the Lewiston/Auburn Senior College.
Ikaria is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. It is considered one of the world’s five “Blue Zones”—places where an estimated one in three members of the population regularly lives an active life into their 90s.
The Fill the Plate Breakfast is presented in conjunction with March for Meals, a national campaign of Meals on Wheels America.
Last year, SeniorsPlus delivered more than 170,000 meals to 1,800 homebound older adults and adults with disabilities in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties through its Meals on Wheels program. Each meal provides one-third of the recommended daily allowance of nutrition, a safety check, and a visit to these vulnerable adults.
The Fill the Plate Breakfast is made possible by the support of our sponsors:
Major sponsor: VRI
Additional sponsors: AARP, Bedard, Northeast Bank, Vital I/O, Berman & Simmons, Ouellette & Associates, Catholic Charities, First Light Homecare, Healey and Associates, The Law Offices of Joe Bornstein, Lewiston/Auburn Senior College, Maine Council on Aging, Hilton Garden Inn Auburn Riverwatch, and Maine Gourmet Chocolates
Media sponsors: Bennett Radio Group and Sun Journal
