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Grace Bibber, Recreation Director, 185 Portland Road, Buxton, Maine 04093 Office Phone: 207 - 929 - 8381 Cell Phone: 207 - 391 - 8299 Fax Number: 207 - 929 - 3076 Email: gbibber@buxton.me.us

Greetings Buxton Community, October 25th, 2023 It ’ s with pleasure to submit the Annual Report for FY 2022 - 2023 on behalf of the Buxton Recreation Department. Buxton Recreation strives to connect the community through programs that provide a space where the well being of the community is the first and foremost priority. We do this by providing opportunities to gather together via childcare, youth sports, youth and adult enrichment programs and trips. FY 2022 - 2023 provided us many wonderful opportunities to connect

with the community. One of those opportunities was our Annual 55+ Thanksgiving Luncheon. Each November we host our Annual 55+ Thanksgiving Luncheon that brings together volunteers from the community as well as staff from other Town Departments to provide a hot Thanksgiving meal to the 55+ members of our community. After a couple years of doing car side delivery, we were able to come together in person and have a meal as a group. At Buxton Recreation volunteering is a top priority. The majority of

our programs are operational due to our community of volunteers. We understand just how important volunteers are, as well as just how hard it is to find volunteers. Our staff takes pride in volunteering as well as helping out the community. One of the many events we look forward to volunteering our time at, is the Dorcas 5k. We helped by handing out water at the water stations and aided with the registration process. We are so incredibly thankful for our many volunteers. I want to thank our volunteers on behalf of the community of Buxton! Your endless dedication helps provide Holiday events for our community such as Town Farm Haunt, Holiday Touch - A - Truck, and our Bunny Trail does not go un - noticed. To our volunteer coaches, thank you for helping make an impact on our communities' young athletes. The dedicated staff members of Buxton Recreation have been hard at work to provide a variety of

programs for our community. We have always listened to the needs and wants of our community. With a great team on board we were able to grow our youth sports program, our adult programs and our childcare programs in FY 2022 - 2023. We added a Basketball league for both boy and girls in grades kindergarten to 5th Grade. We had great success in the inaugural season with over 100+ registrations. Over the summer MSAD 6 school district announced that Late Arrivals will be replaced with Early Release Days.

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