Inaugural Margaret Peacock Community Hero Award honors Watershed Partners

The 21st annual Lakeside Libations & Celebration fundraiser for the Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed (FOCW) on August 22 will honor longtime watershed partners with the inaugural Margaret Peacock Community Hero Award. Margaret, who passed away in 2019, was known for her volunteerism and love for her community. Margaret taught kindergarten in the Gardiner school system for 20 years and opened Cram’s Point Nursery School after her retirement.

She was also a longtime member and president of Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed, volunteered as a PTA officer, Girl Scout leader, Johnson Hall board member and secretary, a founding member and editor of a quarterly newsletter, The Weathervane, and a member of the West Gardiner Garden Club.

The Margaret Peacock Community Hero Award will be presented to Bill Monagle, Wendy Dennis, and (formerly) Ryan Burton, of the Cobbossee Watershed District, for their work of protecting, improving and managing the lakes, ponds and streams of the watershed since 1973. The event will also honor Rob and Nancy Brown of Clark Marine as the Friend’s Business Honorees of the Year for the decades of support they have shown the organization and their many charitable contributions to the community.

This annual fundraiser will be held at the YCamp of Maine in Winthrop on August 22, 2024, from 5:30 to 9 p.m., and will also include lakeside entertainment from the Laura Hudson Project, light fare from the Parsonage House, and cocktails and mocktails. The event raises funds for the Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed’s education and conservation work. FOCW’s mission is to protect the 28 lakes, ponds, and streams of the 217-square mile Cobbossee Watershed.

The 2024 Lakeside Libations & Celebration is sponsored by the Peacock Family, Kennebec Savings Bank, Augusta Fuel Company, Charlie’s Chevrolet, Tex Tech, Mendall Financial Group, Central Maine Power, Sprague & Curtis Real Estate, Vallee Harwood & Blouin Real Estate, and the YCamp of Maine. The 2024 Planning Committee includes co-chairmen Kathleen Boggan and Julie Peacock, Paul Buch, Mark & Jen Fleming, Jeff Gleason, Elizabeth Neale Pollack, Paula Nersesian, Corey Smith, Peter Washburn, and Suzanne Young. Ad-Hoc Members include Peter Mendall, Todd Snider, and FOCW staff.

For more information or images, contact: Torie Levesque, Director of Development for the Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed, Tel: 207-395-5239; Email: torie@watershedfriends.com.