With just one day to go before MissionTogether, we want to thank our wonderful Platinum sponsors for their generous support of the Maine Seacoast Mission’s fundraising event in support of our community.
With just days to go before MissionTogether, we want to thank our wonderful Gold sponsor for their generous support of the Maine Seacoast Mission’s fundraising event in support of our community. Learn more.
It’s Thank you Thursday. Today’s shout out of Mission Love goes to architect Jeri D.W. Spurling for gifting her services in designing the Downeast Maine Tiny House for a formerly homeless US military veteran with a disability. The Tiny House was placed on its foundation in Milbridge on August 3, 2020. Jeri Spurling was there to see it happen.
“Jeri Spurling lives in Maine. She reached out to me probably four or five years ago and offered her services to the Mission’s Housing Rehabilitation Program,” said Scott Shaw who directs the Housing Rehab Program. “We really didn’t need an architect at that point. I did mention the Tiny House idea and told Jeri if that project ever became a reality, we might need her services.”
With the Tiny House Project a go, Jeri was also a go. “She did a one-on-one meeting with the military veteran to find out his needs for the design of the home. She created all the 3D plans and everything else all pro bono,” said Scott.
Spurling Design is based in Islesford. It’s vision, Jeri’s vision, is “to make good architecture attainable for all, to make comfortable,delightful built environments that have meaning and serve the whole person: body, mind, and soul.”
This is what community looks like.
On the web:
Spurling Design – https://spurlingdesign.homestead.com
Downeast Maine Tiny House Project Blog – https://www.downeastmainetinyhouseproject.com
Thank you, George Smith, for this terrific review of The Island Reader 2020. It is available online to read or download.
The Island Reader has great poems, stories, and photos of Maine’s islands
August 7, 2020 – Book Reviews, Life, Maine, Photography, Travel
By George Smith
The Maine Seacoast Mission does a lot for people in Downeast communities and on our islands. And one thing they do that benefits all of us is publish books of poems, stories, and beautiful photos by Maine islanders. Their latest book, published in the summer of 2020, is really great.
Linda and I love Maine’s islands, and our favorites are Monhegan and Swan’s Island, both of which are featured in this book. Kristen Lindquist wrote a wonderful story about a massive number of migrating monarch butterflies which take a break on Monhegan.
Adrian Lyn’s story of a remote beach on Swan’s Island brought back great memories. Linda and I loved that beach and spent time there every time we visited the island. You drive down a gravel road, park and walk quite ways through the woods to get to the beach, which was never crowded. Sometimes we were the only ones on the beach.
I’m sure you will find some favorite poems and stories in this book, and I guarantee you will love the photos.
With just one week to go before MissionTogether, we want to thank our wonderful sponsors for their generous support of the Maine Seacoast Mission’s fundraising event in support of our community.