From Massachusetts to Milbridge: Collaboration helps secure home for veteran
By Spencer Roberts |
Posted: Tue 5:29 PM, Nov 05, 2019
MILBRIDGE, Maine (WABI) – “To see it drawn on a napkin three years ago and be a dream to being a reality, it’s pretty amazing.”
Scott Shaw is the housing rehab manager for Maine Seacoast Mission. When he looks at this construction zone in Milbridge, he sees the start of a new life for a veteran.
CHERRYFIELD, ME — Join us for a fun family night! The Maine Seacoast Mission would love for your family to join us for FAMILY FOOD FEUD! Before the competition, families/teams will meet the evening’s Host and Judges. Each team receives a cooking station with a mystery box and four mystery ingredients.
Each team has 30 minutes to study the ingredients and decide what to prepare/cook. During the allotted time there will be another challenge: a super mystery ingredient your team must include in your recipe. Judging is based on creativity, presentation, and taste.
Gift card prizes are awarded for 1st Place in each category. Come join the fun!
For more information, please e-mail Tara Small or call Tara at 546-5866.
CHERRYFIELD, ME — Open Mic Night on fall and winter Wednesdays at the Mission’s Weald Bethel Community Center are a great way to bring people together to make and/or listen to music. October 30, 2019, Mission President John Zavodny stopped by at Open Mic, grabbed a guitar, and played an impromptu “Werewolves of London.” John was accompanied by Steve Harley (gtr), Cambo (perc), and Mission Downeast Campus Facilities Manager Scott Shaw (bs).
Learn more about all the happenings at the Weald Bethel Community Center.
CHERRYFIELD, ME — Halloween 2019. This is the ghoulish Downeast Campus Center Crew dressed to kill, says Mission Downeast Campus Facilities Manager Scott Shaw.
Learn more about the Mission’s Downeast Campus activities.
Milbridge ME — On Tuesday October 22, 2019, John Goodwin Jr. Construction, Southwest Harbor, ME started groundbreaking work on our Tiny House’s land in Milbridge. A heavy equipment operator, and an employee with a chainsaw spent the day prepping the land our Veteran will soon call home.
Our next phase will involve a septic system and concrete crew. If you’d like to become one of our sponsors please contact Bobbi Ann Harris at 664-2424.
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 and reported on this great community project.
The press conference was held to acknowledge the Assabet students for the work they have accomplished and are continuing to do on the tiny house, as well as provide a project update. Scott Shaw, with Maine Seacoast Mission, spoke about how the project’s partnerships were formed, how the project became a reality, and how much has been learned along the way. The tiny house idea started out on a napkin a couple of years ago, and it’s nearing completion. The target delivery date is Veterans Day.
