Harrington EdGE Students Finish Strong Pt. 2

Harrington EdGE Students Finish Strong Pt. 2

CHERRYFIELD, ME — Here is the second group of EdGE Site Coordinator Everett Carroll’s many insightful photos of EdGE students at Harrington Elementary.

Everett said the end of the year at Harrington Elementary EdGE finished strong. Youth participated in physical activities, worked with Discovery Museum science experiment kits, made stories with petroglyphs, painted their nails on Spa Day, created Army Man Launchers, baked creative dragon eyes, made milkshakes, and cooked. On the final day the “wonderful year,” the students had a pizza party.

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Harrington EdGE Students Finish Strong

Harrington EdGE Students Finish Strong

CHERRYFIELD, ME — Here is the first group of EdGE Site Coordinator Everett Carroll’s many insightful photos of EdGE students at Harrington Elementary.

Everett said, “The end of the year at Harrington Elementary EdGE finished strong! Youth participated in many physical activities and also worked with science experiments kits provided by the Discovery Museum. Other activities included making their own stories with petroglyphs, painting their nails in Spa Day, creating their own Army Man Launchers, baking off their very creative dragon eyes, making their own milkshakes, cooking, and a pizza party on the final day of program. It was a wonderful year,” said Everett.

Want to Make a Difference in Your Community? DCP Needs Your Ideas

Want to Make a Difference in Your Community? DCP Needs Your Ideas

Help DCP Assess Community Needs by Attending a Focus Group

Downeast Community Partners (DCP) is conducting its 2021 Community Needs Assessment in partnership with MeCAP and the nine other community action agencies serving Maine. An important piece of the work is to learn the ideas, insights, and perspectives of our community members.

When asked about the importance of the needs assessment, coordinator Kate Pielmeier said, “Providing DCP with your honest opinions about the challenges and needs within the community is a great way to help the people of Hancock and Washington counties. DCP needs to know what the most prominent community issues are.” She went on to say, “Your lived experience within this community helps us determine how to prioritize the use of our funding; in the end, this enables us to better serve you.”

DCP would like to invite you to participate in one of the upcoming community focus groups that will impact programs and resources in Washington and Hancock counties. Anyone residing in one of these counties is encouraged to attend. With your help, DCP will learn more about community strengths, resources, service gaps, and ideas about potential ways to address identified needs and gaps.

Each focus group will last approximately 90 minutes. If you cannot attend the full session, DCP would appreciate even 30 minutes of your time for this important project. If you prefer to attend via Zoom, please coordinate this using the provided email address.

Session Dates:

June 23, 2021 at 12:00PM in Machias. The specific location will be announced soon via https://www.downeastcommunitypartners.org/events/event.php/DCP-is-conducting-its-2021-Community-Needs-Assessment-and-needs-your-help-49/.

June 23, 2021 at 5:30PM just outside of Ellsworth at Big Cats Catering located at 163 Bar Harbor Road, Trenton, ME 04605

Please register for one of the above events by emailing focusgroup@downeastcommunitypartners.org. Light refreshments will be provided at the June 23 in-person focus groups.

Thank you in advance for your thoughtful consideration and for your participation.

For more information please contact Kate Pielmeier (she/her), DCP CSBG and Database Specialist at (207)-460-1796, Kate.Pielmeier@DowneastCommunityPartners.org.

Thank you Thursday for Scott Berry

Thank you Thursday for Scott Berry

It’s Thank you Thursday. Today’s shout out of Mission love goes to Scott Berry.

“As a volunteer and supporter, Scott Berry has been a driving force in the success of Maine Seacoast Mission’s Housing Rehab Program.” said Scott Shaw, Manager of the Mission’s Housing Rehab Program. “Scott and his team from South Portland have made an incredible difference in the lives of many of our Downeast Maine neighbors through countless years, days, and hours of construction projects he’s been involved with.

“Scott has a heart of gold. He always brings a team spirit and willingness to take on any project we provide. The Mission, and the folks Scott Berry has helped live in safe homes, want to send a huge thank you. Although we can’t be together this year, we look forward to a reunion with Scott and his team next year,” said Manager Scott Shaw.

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Gigi Georges & John Zavodny in Conversation, 6/29

Gigi Georges & John Zavodny in Conversation, 6/29

Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America
‘In Conversation’ author talk with Gigi Georges

Event Location: Online
Event Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2021 – 7:00pm

The public is invited to a virtual conversation on Tuesday, June 29, at 7 p.m., when Gigi Georges, author of the just-released nonfiction book Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America, talks with John Zavodny, president of the Maine Seacoast Mission.

The free event is being co-hosted by Left Bank Books, in Belfast, and The Bangor Daily News. To register for the event: tinyurl.com/GigiGeorges

Over the course of four years, Georges followed the lives of five teenage girls who lived in Washington County in Maine’s far northeast corner. Although the villages and towns they grew up in were only an hour’s drive from the heart of bustling and famed Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor, they lived a world away. The girls’ stories reveal surprising truths about rural America.

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