Fundraising Walk Honors Deering Social Worker
The senior class at Deering High School in Portland will hold a fundraising walk around Back Cove on Tuesday, June 3 after Senior Last Assembly in honor of their class advisor, Nan Urban, who has ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). They will be joined by members of the Portland High School Class of 2008. Proceeds from the walk will go towards the purchase of a specialized computer that will enable Urban to communicate as her disease progresses and to eHope, a local nonprofit group that has assisted her family.
“Nan Urban is known and beloved by thousands of Deering students and families,” said Deering Principal Ken Kunin. “The seniors came up with this idea themselves as a way to show their affection and to provide some practical help to Nan’s family.”
Urban, a Deering social worker since 1984, retired last June due to her illness. The school organized an informal group of “Nan’s Fans” to support Urban’s family in various ways.
The June 3 walk will begin at the Back Cove parking lot across from Hannaford. Participants will gather at 12:15 p.m. and the walk will begin at 12:30 p.m.
Those participating are asked to wear purple and white, Deering’s school colors. The event will happen rain or shine. Urban plans to greet walkers at Back Cove along with her husband, Lee, and son, Chris, a senior at Portland High School.
For more information, please call Deering High School at 874-8260 or visit the Deering website (http://www.portlandschools.org/schools/deering/) and click on “Nan’s Fans.”
