According to one of her nominators, Amanda Sawyer is "a role model of selflessness and compassion."

Mandie focuses her extraordinary efforts in unique areas. A three-year participant in the 39.3-mile Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, she formed a team of friends and family: the Holy Walkamoles. Her efforts have raised more than $30,000 for the Avon Breast Cancer Foundation.

Mandie is the chairperson of Cinderella Project of Maine, a "recycling" project uniting Maine girls with new and gently-used prom dresses. In this year's eighth annual giveaway, she not only helped 220 girls find fabulous and free dresses, but also expanded the program to help boys in need of prom-appropriate clothes. Although based in Belfast, and operating as an unfunded project of Waldo Community Action Program, the Cinderella Project serves young people across Maine.

WARREN, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The Knox County Sheriff's Office says two people were injured in a crash Friday morning on U.S. Route 1.

The accident happened at 10:50.

Deputies say Edward Wason, 47, of Union, was almost stopped in the northbound lane to make a turn into a driveway. His Toyota truck was stuck by a Dodge Caravan driven by Elizabeth Priebe, 81, of Warren. The crash put the Toyota on its side.

Deputies say evidence showed no brake marks at the scene where the collision happened. U.S. Route 1 was shut down for 45 minutes before the road was cleared.

Wason and Priebe were taken to Penobscot Bay Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.