Fill the Plate Breakfast to benefit the SeniorsPlus Meals on Wheels nutrition program

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The Fill the Plate Breakfast to benefit the SeniorsPlus Meals on Wheels nutrition program will be held on Friday, March 21, from 7 to 9 a.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn Riverwatch in Auburn. 

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This breakfast will honor Lewiston resident Margaret Craven with the 2025 Ikaria Award and feature a talk by singer Julia Gagnon. 

In a talk entitled The Music in My Veins, singer Julia Gagnon will reflect on her upbringing and the people who helped her carve a path from Cumberland, Maine, to the Hollywood stage and millions of television fans. 

Gagnon was born in Guatemala and raised in Cumberland, Maine, by her adoptive family. A quiet kid, she didn’t share her gift of singing until her middle school chorus teacher gave her a solo in the school concert. Gagnon gained national acclaim after placing in the top seven performers of the 22nd season of “American Idol.” Gagnon is a student at the University of Southern Maine. 

The event includes the presentation of the 2025 Ikaria Award, which recognizes an individual or organization for singular and outstanding contributions toward improving the lives of older adults. 2025 honoree Margaret Craven, a resident of Lewiston, just stepped down from the Maine State Legislature after serving in the House for nine years and the Senate for six. She holds a Masters degree in adult education from USM Gorham and an undergraduate degree in Social Sciences from USM. 

Ikaria is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. It is considered one of the world’s five “Blue Zones”—places where an estimated one in three members of the population regularly lives an active life into their 90s. The Fill the Plate Breakfast is presented in conjunction with March for Meals, a national campaign of Meals on Wheels America. 

Last year, SeniorsPlus delivered more than 147,000 meals to over 1,000 homebound older adults and adults with disabilities in Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford counties through its Meals on Wheels program. Each meal provides one-third of the recommended daily allowance of nutrition, a safety check, and a visit to these vulnerable adults.