Dear MEEOA Membership, Along with the various items brought each year to our conference to be auctioned, there are two special items that have endured throughout the years and that stay specifically within the MEEOA community. Below is one of these items, a beautiful hand-made TRiO quilt! The winning bidder wins the privilege and honor of taking care of this quilt for one year and then must return the quilt to MEEOA to be auction again the next year. The quilt is often displayed publically, with prominence and pride, and is a reminder of the hard work that all of us in MEEOA do on a daily basis to promote educational opportunity in the great State of Maine! This is YOUR office's year to carry the torch and bid for the chance to display this quilt! Be prepared though as this coveted honor does not come at a low price; bring those checkbooks and let's see who walks away with the quilt for 2019. See you all there. - Rusty [image: IMG_9669 V5.jpg] Rusty R. Brown Academic Coordinator Classic Upward Bound Program 301 Chadbourne Hall Office:207-581-3714 Fax: 581-2710 [log in to unmask] "All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talent" John F. Kennedy