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Methuen Scholarship Foundation telethon highlights student performances and community donations
Summary
Community hosts, students and local businesses filled the Arthur Nicholson Auditorium for the Methuen Scholarship Foundation telethon, which featured performances, sponsor shout-outs and a running toteboard as organizers urged donors to help Methuen High seniors and aim to surpass last year’s near-$50,000 total.
The Methuen Scholarship Foundation telethon at the Arthur Nicholson Auditorium combined student performances, sponsor recognition and live donation appeals as organizers worked to raise money for Methuen High School seniors.
Moderator (Speaker 3) and co-host Presenter (Speaker 1) opened the evening by introducing a yet-to-be-named mascot and thanking early donors before asking viewers to call the phone bank or visit methuenscholarship.org/telethon. The hosts reminded audiences the telethon runs live 6:30–9 p.m. and repeated the phone lines, 722-6080 and 722-6081.
Why it matters: the telethon funnels community donations into scholarships and awards for graduating seniors. Hosts said last year’s fundraiser brought in nearly $50,000 and issued a public challenge — “Let’s break that 50,000 mark this year,” Moderator (Speaker 3) said — as students and…
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