by maineseacoast | Jul 2, 2019 | Housing Rehabilitation, Maine Seacoast Mission, News
CHERRYFIELD, ME — The Mission’s Housing Rehabilitation Program Manager Scott Shaw sent these photos of “the South Berwick crew” — a hardworking group of volunteers from the First Parish Federated Church, South Berwick, ME.
“A big thanks to them,” said Scott Shaw. “The crew removed two garage doors from an elderly gentleman’s home, and enclosed the space. That allowed our partners, Downeast Community Partners, to weatherize the home.
“The amazing church group stacked five cord of firewood for an elderly couple,” said Shaw. “They also finished work on the Lamb House, just in time for a single mom and her three children to avoid homelessness and move in.”
by maineseacoast | Jul 1, 2019 | Maine Seacoast Mission, News
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by maineseacoast | Jun 28, 2019 | Downeast Campus, Housing Rehabilitation, Maine Seacoast Mission, News
Home – The Ellsworth American
Tiny house built for homeless veteran
June 26, 2019 by Maxwell Hauptman on News, News-More Headlines
CHERRYFIELD — Downeast Community Partners, along with the Maine Seacoast Mission, the CF Adams Foundation and a Massachusetts high school, recently announced the construction of a tiny house for a formerly homeless Washington County military veteran.
DCP and the Maine Seacoast Mission had previously worked together and with other volunteers weatherizing and rehabilitating rural houses. That’s where they connected with students from Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School in Marlborough, Mass.
“We have a program here called Learn and Serve where we take students out to do community service, that’s how we got connected with Seacoast Mission about seven or eight years ago,” said Bill Italiano, lead carpentry teacher at the high school. “We were working on someone else’s place and it was in pretty rough shape, so kind of off the cuff I said I should build a new house in my shop. And now about three or four years later it’s coming to fruition.”
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by maineseacoast | Jun 27, 2019 | Downeast Campus, Housing Rehabilitation, Maine Seacoast Mission, News
CHERRYFIELD, ME — This video shows one of this project’s many sponsors, Koopman Lumber, delivering wood for the Assabet Valley Regional Technical high school students in Massachusetts to use in constructing the tiny house, which is destined for Cherryfield, ME as home for a formerly homeless US military veteran with a disability.
We are so grateful to every sponsor, donor, and partner who make this project possible.
Learn more about the Mission’s partnership Downeast Maine Tiny House Project.
by maineseacoast | Jun 25, 2019 | Downeast Campus, EdGE, Island Outreach, Maine Seacoast Mission, News, Sunbeam
CHERRYFIELD, ME — Among the many activities available to EdGE Summer Camp kids is time aboard the Mission’s Sunbeam V and exploring island communities. As you can see in this photo, the worldview from Maine islands is unique.
Learn all about EdGE Summer Camps
by maineseacoast | Jun 25, 2019 | Island Health, Island Outreach, Maine Seacoast Mission, News, Sunbeam
BAR HARBOR, ME — Thank you, Sunbeam V Captain Michael Johnson for sending this photo of the Sunbeam III launch in Damariscotta, ME.
The Sunbeam V is undergoing a routine major refit right now. The boat is scheduled to be back in service around Christmas 2019.
Meanwhile, the Sunbeam crew members are keeping up with their varied work among island communities using the Mission’s temporary boat, Moonbeam, other boats, and small airplane travel.
Learn all about the work of the Sunbeam and crew here.
