Stories of Giving Back Maine’s nonprofit community provides helping hands wherever there’s need, and offer much to say thanks for this season.downeast.com Hope Floats By land and by sea, Maine Seacoast Mission offers a lifeline to residents of islands and Down East coastal communities. From the moment Brenda Clark stepped foot on Isle au Haut,…
Read MoreOCTOBER 18, 2019 BY SUE Tiny Home, Big Dream Marlborough, MA – On October 7th, Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School hosted a press conference for our Tiny House Project. Representatives from each of the project’s partners, C.F. Adams, Maine Seacoast Mission, and Downeast Community Partners, were in attendance. Also, several local news stations attended…
Read Moreellsworthamerican.com Come one, come all October 18, 2019 by Johanna S. Billings on Arts & living, Lifestyle CHERRYFIELD — On Sunday afternoons, the Weald Bethel Community Center has the feel of an old-fashioned family dinner. People gather in the Maine Seacoast Mission’s community center off Route 1 to socialize, taking in the aromas coming…
Read MoreThank you, Front Street Shipyard, for your frequent photo postings of the Sunbeam V refit progress. This photo, Front Street tells us, is “the view just outside the pilothouse on [the] Sunbeam.”
Read MoreNORTHEAST HARBOR, ME — Moonbeam is the Mission’s interim boat while the Sunbeam V undergoes its routine major refit. To carry on their work on Maine unbridged islands, the Sunbeam crew relies on Moonbeam and Captain Storey King to carry them to the islands and back. Sometimes Sunbeam crew members go to work using other…
Read Moremetrowestdailynews.com Lessons in love: Assabet Valley Tech students build tiny house for homeless veteran By Zane Razzaq Daily News staff Posted Oct 7, 2019 at 5:48 PM Since May, carpentry students at Assabet have been hard at work constructing the home under the instruction of lead carpentry teacher Bill Italiano. The project is a collaboration…
Read MoreBELFAST, ME — Sunbeam V Captain Mike Johnson, while overseeing the Sunbeam‘s routine major refit at Front Street Shipyard in Belfast, ME, has been sending us photos and praise for the Front Street boat builders for their stellar work in repairing all aspects of the Sunbeam. “These gentlemen,” writes Capt. Mike in his latest update,…
Read MoreCHERRYFIELD, ME — Director of Service Programs Wendy Harrington recently announced the Mission’s collaboration with a new group called Downeast Roots; “a group of local organizations who promote each other’s work, share resources, and work together on projects for the benefit of our community,” according to the group web site. Other member groups are the…
Read MoreBAR HARBOR, ME — Thank you to everyone who helped, the in-kind and corporate sponsors; the volunteers and all the tennis players. The 15th Annual Open Tennis Tournament raised close to $18,000 for the EdGE program. Congratulations to Tournament champion R.H. Foster team. After being rained out on the appointed day, the Tournament kicked off…
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 23, 2019 For More Information Contact: Scott K Fish Communications and Marketing sfish@seacoastmission.org (207)-458-7185 Maine Seacoast Mission, Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund, and Three Partner Colleges Launch Four-Year Davis Maine Scholarship BAR HARBOR, ME — The Maine Seacoast Mission, the Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund, and three inaugural Partner Colleges — Clark…
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