by maineseacoast | Mar 5, 2020 | Maine Seacoast Mission, News
Photo of Ana Rosa Valencia Jungo Courtesy Ellsworth American
BAR HARBOR, ME — Mission Director of Student Pathways Christina Griffith brought this Ellsworth American story to our attention. Ana Rosa Valencia Jungo, said Director Griffith, “is one of our wonderful college readiness students.” The Mission’s college readiness program provides mentoring and support as students involved transition to and through college.
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Fifteen roses
March 4, 2020 – by Rebecca Alley
SULLIVAN — In Hispanic culture, a young girl’s passage to womanhood and her faith is celebrated at age 15 in the quinceañera (pronounced keen-say-en-yera), said to date back to the ancient Aztec Indians in Mexico). In the 1500s, age 15 was considered the midway point in an Aztec girl’s lifespan. Under Spanish rule, the rite of passage morphed into a ball and incorporated traditional Catholic beliefs.
Last December, Ana Rosa Valencia Jungo and her three siblings traveled to western Mexico to celebrate her own quinceañera in her parents Elio Valencia and Rosalba Jungo’s home state of Michoacan. Her sisters Yesenia, 21, Adriana, 20, and Angel, 14, went too.
A sophomore at Sumner Memorial High School…Ana Rosa’s parents spent much of last year planning their youngest daughter’s quinceañera in Santa Ana Maya.
“It’s coming out and becoming a woman,” Ana Rosa summed up, adding, “you aren’t a kid anymore, you should be making good decisions in your life.”
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by maineseacoast | Mar 3, 2020 | Downeast Campus, EdGE, Maine Seacoast Mission, News
CHERRYFIELD, ME — The Maine Outdoor School served as a co-host for the recent Winter Family Carnival at the Mission’s Downeast Campus in Cherryfield, ME. In addition to many available indoor activities, families were also offered — and took part in — outdoor activities.
These photos of kids having fun and learning outdoors at the Family Carnival are courtesy Maine Outdoor School’s Co-Founder, Co-CEO, and Naturalist Educator Hazel Stark.
“We had a blast helping families get to know the forest using their senses this weekend at the Winter Family Carnival,” said Maine Outdoor School in a tweet.
by maineseacoast | Mar 3, 2020 | Maine Seacoast Mission, News, Sunbeam
BELFAST, ME — Sunbeam Captain Mike Johnson spends much of his workdays at Front Street Shipyard in Belfast, ME overseeing the routine major refitting of the boat. Both Mike and photographers at Front Street continue doing a good job chronicling the Sunbeam refit and the craftsman doing the work.
“This is John Stoklas,” writes Mike, who took this photo on Feb. 28th. “John is a freelance welder contracted by Front Street Shipyard to help with some of the larger welding jobs aboard the Sunbeam. This photo shows John removing an exhaust mounting bracket from the old engine room ceiling to install on the new ceiling,” explained Capt. Johnson.
Thank you, John Stoklas.
by maineseacoast | Mar 2, 2020 | Maine Seacoast Mission, News, Scholarships
Shelby Young applied for and received a Mission scholarship. Why not you?
BAR HARBOR, ME — Maine Seacoast Mission’s Scholarship Program 2020 Application and Re-Application are available now for downloading online. The deadline postmark for applying for a Mission scholarship is May 1, 2020.
Since 1918, the Mission has awarded almost $3 million to 3,692 deserving students. Each year the Mission awards approximately 30 new scholarships based on student financial needs and academic promise. Scholarships can be renewed each year of a multi-year program, resulting in nearly 100 Mission scholarships in any given year.
In 2019 the Mission renewed 60 scholarships totaling $106,500, and awarded 28 new scholarships totaling $59,000.
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by maineseacoast | Mar 2, 2020 | Island Health, Island Outreach, Maine Seacoast Mission, Sunbeam
‘Sunbeam’ Captain Mike Johnson aboard the boat at Front Street Shipyard.
Sunbeam crew member and Island Outreach Director/Chaplain Douglas Cornman will be on hand Thursday, March 5th. Engineer Storey King, Island Health Services Director Sharon Daley, RN and Mission President John Zavodny are at the Mission’s display table on Friday, March 6th. Captain Mike Johnson, Boat Steward Jillian, and Mission Director of Development Chris Stelling are at the display table on Saturday, March 7th.
