A salute to all the wonderful Event Sponsors of the Mission’s President’s Scholarship Celebration. While this year has challenged our Mission Scholars in new ways, they are meeting the challenge with resilience and spirit. The Maine Seacoast Mission’s President’s Scholarship Celebration is a week from today. We want to thank our wonderful Event Sponsors. Thanks…
Read MoreNORTHEAST HARBOR, ME — With the Sunbeam home, crew member and Island Outreach Director/Chaplain Douglas Cornman is once again maintaining the Sunbeam schedule calendar online. As you move through the week thinking, “I wonder what the Sunbeam’s doing today?” — you can find out in an instant online: Click here
Read MoreNORTHEAST HARBOR, ME — It’s Thank you Thursday. Today’s shout out of Mission love goes to The Outer Islands Teaching & Learning Collaborative (TLC). The TLC is one of the many supports offered by The Island Institute, a non-profit organization based in Rockland, Maine. The TLC brings students and teachers together from one- and two-room…
Read MoreCHERRYFIELD, ME — Happy drawings on our outside gallery wall by the first grade class at Cherryfield Elementary. Photo by EdGE Site Coordinator Jen Kearns. Learn more about EdGE school programs.
Read Morewww.mdislander.com Sunbeam back home after major rehab October 5, 2020 by Dick Broom on News, Waterfront MOUNT DESERT — Following an absence of nearly 18 months for repairs and renovations, Sunbeam returned to its Northeast Harbor home last Friday and will be back in action within a few weeks. The Maine Seacoast Mission uses Sunbeam…
Read MoreThank you for the shout out. The Sunbeam and crew are glad to be back home. Mount Desert Chamber Fall News WELCOME BACK SUNBEAM! After a year-long refit at Front Street Shipyard in Belfast, the Maine Seacoast Mission’s 75-foot-long telemedicine vessel Sunbeam V returned to her home berth in Northeast Harbor on October 2nd. Welcome…
Read Morebangordailynews.com Boat connecting Maine’s islands to telemedicine will return just in time for flu season by Abigail Curtis October 5, 2020 BELFAST, Maine — For a quarter century, Maine Seacoast Mission’s ship Sunbeam V has brought telemedicine, meals, fellowship, care and cups of coffee to the people who live in Maine’s year-round island communities. But…
Read MoreCHERRYFIELD, ME — Spreading Christmas cheer is one of the Mission’s oldest traditions, beginning over 100 years ago with Mission gifts to island residents and lighthouse keepers. We invite you this year to help us put presents under trees for individuals and families who can’t do it alone. Covid-19’s stretched family budgets make shopping more…
Read MoreThe Mission’s October 2020 Newsletter. Now available to read or download online: * Sunbeam Homecoming * Christmas Program 2020 * President’s Scholarship Celebration * Mission People & Places: Suzy James * EdGE Tennis Tournament a Great Success * EdGE Afterschool 2020 – Moving Parts
Read MoreIt’s Thank you Thursday. Today’s shout out of Mission love goes to Gena Norgaard. Gena began her work with the Mission as a volunteer in the Recycle Shop and the Food Pantry in 1983. In 1997, she was named the Food Pantry Coordinator and continued in that position until 2020. Gena created a food pantry…
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