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Spotlight on Alumni, continued...

Beyond tourism and promotion, the Ambassadors neighbors, welcoming neighbors, alumni investing in
also support broader community development efforts their hometown, and volunteers working to ensure
by creating networking opportunities that connect that anyone who comes to Houlton leaves with a
professionals, entrepreneurs, civic leaders, and positive impression of the community.For a town
volunteers. Alongside organizations such as Rotary that has always taken pride in who it is and where it is
Club and Momentum Aroostook, they help foster the located, the Gateway
kind of welcoming atmosphere that continues to set
Houlton apart. Ambassadors simply put that pride into action.

At its heart, the Gateway Ambassadors program is Gateway Ambassadors; another example of HHS
about more than promotion. It is about people — Alumni making a difference in their community.

Ambassadors attending and hosting at red carpet, premiere presentation of A Moment in the Sun, an award-winning documentary
on the April 8, 2024 Eclipse event in Houlton.

Core group of Ambassador Directors , L to R: Nancy Ketch ’82,
Johanna Johnston, Kim Anderson York ‘77, Cecila Rhoda, Jane
Torres & Chris Anderson ‘81

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