by maineseacoast | Jul 29, 2019 | Downeast Campus, Housing Rehabilitation, Maine Seacoast Mission, News
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Mission Housing Rehabilitation Program Manager Scott Shaw
CHERRYFIELD, ME — Mission Housing Rehabilitation Program Manager Scott Shaw tells of “another great week of weather and amazing volunteers.”
The Housing Rehab volunteers were from Congregational Church of Laconia, NH and United Church of Christ Congregational of Boxborough, MA.
These photos show the terrific volunteers protecting Maine coastal area homes, inside and outside, from extreme windy, cold, and damp winters.
One of the NH volunteers, John Gill, went above-and-beyond by taking one of the best photos we’ve seen of Scott Shaw on-the-job. Scott gives the photo “a big thumbs up.”
Learn how you can help with the Mission’s Housing Rehabilitation Program.
by maineseacoast | Jul 24, 2019 | Housing Rehabilitation, Maine Seacoast Mission, News
Marlborough, MA — Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School’s students have been working hard on the tiny home’s walls and cathedral ceiling.
The students spent about 25 hours working on this phase of carpentry. The walls were platform framed on the home’s floor. Then, exterior sheathing was applied and glued to the frame. Finally, the walls were stood up. A video of the students lifting two of the walls will be available for viewing soon!
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Learn more about the Mission’s partnership in the Downeast Maine Tiny House Project, building a brand new house for a formerly homeless US military veteran with a disability.
by maineseacoast | Jul 16, 2019 | Downeast Campus, Housing Rehabilitation, News
All 56 volunteers, plus families whose homes were upgraded, celebrate dinner at Cherryfield School.
CHERRYFIELD, ME — From Maine Seacoast Mission’s Downeast Campus in Cherryfield, ME, Housing Rehabilitation Program Manager Scott Shaw sends five new photos and a back story of more good news.
“We had a big week with the Housing Rehabilitation Program,” writes Manager Scott Shaw. “For some very appreciative homeowners, forty-three volunteers from Ohio and thirteen volunteers from South Portland roofed three homes, built two sets of stairs, installed windows and doors, and started skirting a trailer. Maine Seacoast Mission volunteers get ‘er done!”
Learn more about how you can help with the Mission’s Housing Rehabilitation Program.
by maineseacoast | Jul 2, 2019 | Housing Rehabilitation, Maine Seacoast Mission, News
CHERRYFIELD, ME — The Mission’s Housing Rehabilitation Program Manager Scott Shaw sent these photos of “the South Berwick crew” — a hardworking group of volunteers from the First Parish Federated Church, South Berwick, ME.
“A big thanks to them,” said Scott Shaw. “The crew removed two garage doors from an elderly gentleman’s home, and enclosed the space. That allowed our partners, Downeast Community Partners, to weatherize the home.
“The amazing church group stacked five cord of firewood for an elderly couple,” said Shaw. “They also finished work on the Lamb House, just in time for a single mom and her three children to avoid homelessness and move in.”
by maineseacoast | Jun 28, 2019 | Downeast Campus, Housing Rehabilitation, Maine Seacoast Mission, News
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Tiny house built for homeless veteran
June 26, 2019 by Maxwell Hauptman on News, News-More Headlines
CHERRYFIELD — Downeast Community Partners, along with the Maine Seacoast Mission, the CF Adams Foundation and a Massachusetts high school, recently announced the construction of a tiny house for a formerly homeless Washington County military veteran.
DCP and the Maine Seacoast Mission had previously worked together and with other volunteers weatherizing and rehabilitating rural houses. That’s where they connected with students from Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School in Marlborough, Mass.
“We have a program here called Learn and Serve where we take students out to do community service, that’s how we got connected with Seacoast Mission about seven or eight years ago,” said Bill Italiano, lead carpentry teacher at the high school. “We were working on someone else’s place and it was in pretty rough shape, so kind of off the cuff I said I should build a new house in my shop. And now about three or four years later it’s coming to fruition.”
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by maineseacoast | Jun 27, 2019 | Downeast Campus, Housing Rehabilitation, Maine Seacoast Mission, News
CHERRYFIELD, ME — This video shows one of this project’s many sponsors, Koopman Lumber, delivering wood for the Assabet Valley Regional Technical high school students in Massachusetts to use in constructing the tiny house, which is destined for Cherryfield, ME as home for a formerly homeless US military veteran with a disability.
We are so grateful to every sponsor, donor, and partner who make this project possible.
Learn more about the Mission’s partnership Downeast Maine Tiny House Project.
