by maineseacoast | Oct 11, 2024 | News
While for most of us, a trip to the doctor’s office might cause a slight inconvenience, for islanders a simple trip might become a multi-day affair. What might be a 30-minute wait for their appointment could turn into missing the next ferry and possibly the last trip...
by maineseacoast | Sep 23, 2024 | News
Hundreds of people visit the Mission’s Downeast Campus in Cherryfield each week. Some of these visitors include seniors utilizing the food pantry, kids climbing on the challenge course as part of EdGE, people with their dogs taking walks on some of the trails, and...
by maineseacoast | Sep 17, 2024 | News
The Mission’s communities are vibrant and diverse and they span a nine-thousand-five-hundred square mile area that more than ninety-thousand Mainers call home spanning from southern Maine to the Canadian border. We are sharing the stories of these people and...
by maineseacoast | Sep 13, 2024 | News
The Mission has opened registration for our EdGE afterschool programs for the 2024-2025 school year. EdGE offers afterschool programs for students at seven schools in Washington County: Beals Elementary, Cherryfield Elementary, D.W. Merritt Elementary in Addison,...
by maineseacoast | Sep 9, 2024 | News
Our corporate sponsors and donors support the Mission’s work all year. Through their generosity and that of all our donors, the Mission can help sustain and strengthen Maine communities by providing compassionate programs that promote the well-being of children,...
by maineseacoast | Aug 19, 2024 | News
On a beautiful, summer night in Bar Harbor, the Mission honored two of its partners for their continued support of the Downeast and island communities at the 2024 Sunbeam Award Gala. The Diana Davis Spencer Foundation was honored for their committed philanthropic...