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Christmas on the Sunbeam
Sunbeam Steward Siobhan Harrity shares more about the Sunbeam's Christmas trip this year. Christmas by the numbers: 76 cookies, 32 scones, three pork tenderloins, two breakfast strata, and one spice cake with cream cheese frosting. Told another way: 40 knots of wind,...
When a Vaccine Clinic is Much More
A few minutes after the Sunbeam tied up on Frenchboro, islanders made their way onto the boat. They were there for Covid and flu vaccines. While some islanders just stopped by to get their shots and maybe grab a cookie, others stayed to enjoy lunch or dinner and chat...
Knitting for the Mission for more than a century
Last year, the Mission received more than 2,000 handcrafted hats, mittens, scarves, socks, and lap blankets from around the country. While it is not clear when the first knitted item was given as a Christmas present on the Maine coast, as early as 1910, the Mission...
Celebrate the holidays with the Mission Downeast and in Northeast Harbor
Join the Mission for two Christmas events in December. Visit the Mission’s Colket Center during the Northeast Harbor Christmas Festival to make crafts, enjoy a festive atmosphere, and welcome Santa and Mrs. Claus to town. Then travel Downeast to Cherryfield to...
Fall/Winter Bulletin Puts Community First
“Community First is part oath and part rallying cry. It is both Mission history and Mission plan. A prayer and a promise.” Mission President John Zavodny shares when explaining how the phrase Community First was a central tenant of the Mission’s 2023 planning and...
Community Profile: Derrick Sibbald of Isle au Haut
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 their...