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The Association’s “Training & Tools Program”

Continues Helping Southern Aroostook Alumni

By Jon A. McLaughlin ’73,
Executive Director

For the past few issues of The North Star Magazine, We have had several folks that have used these grant
we have spoken about the “Training & Tools Program, opportunities to help with their employment needs and
that the Association started to help Alumni living and we are proud of them and the program and the fact that
working in the Southern Aroostook region with grant the Association has been able to help these folks with
funds that could be used to help defray costs associated their employment requirements in a profession that they
with training that they might need for their employment enjoy.
such as new certification. Also, funds are available to
help with the costs of tools needed for the alumni’s job We would like to take this opportunity to show how
that they must supply personally. These are grants and successful this program is becoming and to highlight
not scholarships. some of these wonderful HHS alums.

Alana Fitzpatrick Zach Hagan was the
obtained her CCMA recipient of a tools
(Certified Clinical grant to help purchase
Medical Assistant) mechanic tools for his
degree and is course in automotive
employed at Internal mechanics at Northern
Medicine office at the Maine Community
Ingrid Thompson suite College where he
at Houlton Regional received his associate
Hospital. She utilized a degree. He also is
training grant from the employed at York’s of
Association. Houlton as a mechanic.

Gage Bartlett received Randall Pryor was
a tools grant. He is the recipient of a
shown here using training/tuition grant
some of his tools. He to help with tuition
is enrolled at Northern at Northern Maine
Maine Community Community College
College in their where he received his
plumbing program. associate degree in
automotive collision
repair. He is employed
at York’s of Houlton’s
Body Shop.

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