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Crescent Park kindergartners shop for the homeless at The Family Dollar Store on Mayville Road in Bethel on 12/15/22. Room parent, Jessie Chan, from right, with her son, Liam, age 5; Morgan McCrum, 5, and Holden Buck, 5 at the counter. Rose Lincoln, Bethel Citizen

BETHEL — Robin Kennett’s Crescent Park Kindergarten class visited The Family Dollar Store before Christmas with money they had raised from donations. Each of the three groups with the help of room mothers, had a spending budget to buy items people might need. Toiletries, mittens, hand warmers and more were taken back to school and packaged by the children. Kennett delivered the baskets to Maine Needs, a non-profit that helps the homeless in Portland, where she and her sister are volunteers.

Crescent Park kindergartners shop for the homeless at The Dollar Store on Mayville Road. From left, Ruthie Cummings, Hattie Crockett, Hazel Rice and Clara Harrop (all age 5) Rose Lincoln, Bethel Citizen

Rose Lincoln began as a staff writer and photographer at the Bethel Citizen in October 2022. She and her husband, Mick, and three children have been part time residents in Bethel for 30 years and are happy...