Among the volunteers who are preparing to deliver Vassalboro Community Calendars this month and next are, from left, Cindy Shorey, John McLean and Pastor Karen Merrill. Submitted photo

VASSALBORO — For 19 years members of the Vassalboro United Methodist Church have prepared and delivered a community calendar on which birthdays, anniversaries and memorials can be listed at no cost.

A church member updates those listings, and three others secure ads from local businesses to cover the printing costs. This year there were 34 sponsors.

In late September, 2,200 calendars were delivered to the church. John McLean of Vassalboro has spearheaded the project for about 10 years. He was one of 10 volunteers who soon after gathered in the church fellowship hall to place each one in a bag along with a letter of introduction and a donation remittance envelope.

“The next and final step is to deliver them door to door to every home and business in Vassalboro,” said McLean, according to a news release from Dale Potter-Clark of the Fundraising and Activities Group. “That takes a lot of time and a lot of volunteers. We can always use more of those — they don’t have to be members of the church. We’ve got a few residents who help us out every year.”

Each volunteer gets a list of the roads where he or she is to deliver. “It works the best when there are two or three people to a vehicle — one to drive and one or two to deliver,” he explained. McLean delivered about 1,400 himself last year, with help from his grandson.

Calendars will be delivered through October and November as time allows.

For more information about sponsoring or helping make deliveries, call 207-873-5564 or email info.vumc@gmail.com.

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