by maineseacoast | Jul 24, 2018 | EdGE, Island Health, Island Outreach, Maine Seacoast Mission, News, Sunbeam
Photo courtesy Sharon Daley
NORTHEAST HARBOR, ME — The Sunbeam bow is loaded with backpacks from a dozen EdGE summer camp kids for a few days trip experiencing Maine islands. Island Outreach Director Douglas Cornman said U.S. Park Rangers on Isle au Haut are “really excited” about the EdGE kids’ visit, and the Rangers put together “a whole program” for them.
Matinicus Island, said Director Cornman, is looking forward to help with island clean up at designated areas.
Also, the Sunbeam trip gives EdGE kids a chance to get to know the entire Sunbeam crew — Captain Michael Johnson, Engineer Storey King, Island Health Director Sharon Daley, and Steward Jillian — and to watch the crew in action.
Learn more about EdGE Summer Camps
Learn more about the Sunbeam Island Services
by maineseacoast | Jul 24, 2018 | Downeast Campus, Maine Seacoast Mission, News
Photo courtesy Nicole DeBarber’s Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/Nicole-Debarber-Art-244822592361769/
www.pressherald.com — July 22, 2018
Nicole DeBarber’s illustrations personalize map of Maine farmers’ markets
The Steuben artist’s showcase of 20 Maine farmers markets will be displayed in Machias starting in late August.
By Mary Pols — Staff Writer
Nicole DeBarber continues to volunteer at the Beehive and works with a local group, the Maine Seacoast Mission’s Down East Campus in Cherryfield. According to its website, the Down East food programs served 187,000 meals last year, many of them using local ingredients (pizza is a favorite). The population being served “probably looks really different than what you are used to thinking about.” Such as? A lot of homesteaders who live without electricity or running water and are looking for a hot meal and a sense of community.
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by maineseacoast | Jul 22, 2018 | Island Health, Island Outreach, Maine Seacoast Mission, News, Scott Planting, Sunbeam
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Maine Mission Boat In Need of Repairs
By A.J. Higgins • Jul 21, 2018
“In boat years, the Sunbeam is 23 and that makes her middle-aged,” says Maine Seacoast Mission president, Scott Planting.
“So we were making a decision at this place in her life. Do we refit the boat or do we replace the boat? And after a pretty extensive survey of the boat, we made the decision to do a major overhaul.”
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by maineseacoast | Jul 19, 2018 | Maine Seacoast Mission, News, Sunbeam
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All are winners at the Hospice Regatta
July 18, 2018 by Stephen Rappaport on News, Waterfront
MOUNT DESERT — The 22nd annual Hospice Regatta saw three days of intense racing last weekend and while only one boat could finish first in each event, everyone came away winners.
Despite, or perhaps as a result of the new schedule, “we received great feedback from guests who joined our race-viewing party on the Maine Seacoast Mission’s Sunbeam and the Rendezvous after-party,” held Saturday at the former Morris Yachts boatyard in Northeast Harbor. Full story
by maineseacoast | Jul 19, 2018 | Downeast Campus, Housing Rehabilitation, Maine Seacoast Mission, News
Downeast Campus Facilities and Housing Rehabilitation Manager Scott Shaw
CHERRYFIELD, ME — Maine Seacoast Mission’s Human Resource Generalist Ann Cox Halkett announces the promotion of Scott Shaw to the position of Downeast Campus Facilities and Housing Rehabilitation Manager, effective July 1, 2018.
For the past 15 years, based in Cherryfield, Maine, Mr. Shaw served as Downeast Campus Caretaker and Housing Rehabilitation Program Coordinator.
The Housing Rehabilitation program fixes or rebuilds twenty houses a year. From painting to insulated mobile home skirting to new roofs. The rehabilitation work is made possible by more than 350 volunteers from church and community groups across the U.S. who spend one or two weeks at the Weald Bethel Community Center and make a huge difference in these families’ lives.
“We are in awe of how Scott handles the hundreds of moving parts of the Housing program,” said Ann Cox Halkett.
At the June 1, 2018 Weald Bethel Community Center grand opening, the culmination of a 10 year dream, Mission Director of Service Programs Wendy Harrington said, “This wouldn’t have happened on the ground if it weren’t for Scott Shaw. Scott made this happen and he’s going to keep it happening.”
Shaw will continue overseeing the Housing Program, and he will also take on management of the newly expanded Downeast campus.
Learn more about the Housing Rehabilitation Program and Weald Bethel Community Center
