The Kiwanis Club of Rockland recently presented a check to benefit

Special Olympics, as a result of the annual Kiwanis Special Olympics

dinner and silent auction. The events are designed to help local

children and adults attend summer regional athletic competitions.

Accepting the check in the amount of $2,825 from Kiwanis past

president and Special Olympics Dinner chair Marjorie Kinney, [left],

of Thomaston, is Special Olympics advisor Karen Matthews.  Also

pictured, left to right, are Kiwanis member and Key Club advisor Jane

Thompson of Warren; Athlete Ashley Ellis; Kiwanis president Janet Page

of Owls Head; past president and Aktion Club deputy advisor Jackie

Harjula of Thomaston;and Athletes Dakota Wildes; Jacob Morris; Caroline Duda; and Stephanie Stalter.

Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing

the world one child and one community at a time.