Some people might consider a four-day camping trip with eleven teenagers into the Maine Woods to be a particularly cruel form of punishment, but with the ninth grade Journey cohort on their core trip, things could not be further from the truth. The long, empty...
The Mission’s class of 2029 Davis Maine Scholars have selected colleges to begin the 2025-2026 school year. Through the generosity of Andrew Davis and the Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund, these four students from Washington County have earned full, four-year...
July 11, 2024, my first day in the role of food pantry coordinator here at the Maine Seacoast Mission. A year has passed and has been full of many changes, challenges, and eye-opening experiences for me. Your gift to the Maine Seacoast Mission makes you part of all we...
The Mission’s 74-foot flagship vessel Sunbeam during the Maine Home & Boat Show at Harbor Park on the Rockland waterfront on Friday, August 8. From 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., visitors can tour the boat and learn more about the Mission’s work in coastal Washington...
There was a lot of buzz in the one- and two-room island schools this spring about the future of the Outer Islands Teaching and Learning Collaborative (TLC). The TLC is a long-standing, teacher-created collaboration among seven of Maine’s smaller island schools that...
The Mission’s 74-foot flagship vessel Sunbeam will host an open house at the Northeast Harbor Marina on Thursday, July 17 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. During the open house, visitors can see the inner workings of a boat which welcomes more than 1,000 people aboard each...
The Mission's exhibit at the Northeast Harbor Library, “Always There,” will highlight and display part of the Mission’s vast archive spanning much of the organization’s 120-year history. Visitors can see the show during the month of July when the library is open...
Last year on June 12, 2024, the Mission officially opened the doors to our newly built food pantry. The pantry was thoughtfully designed to foster connection among community members and provided a dignified experience when shopping for food. We wanted the new pantry...
59 residents of 13 islands have their work featured in the new volume of The Island Reader, which is published annually by the Mission. Edited by islanders and Sunbeam crew, the 19th volume is themed "Island Time." This year’s The Island Reader includes poetry, short...