Every year, the Mission partners with organizations across Maine and beyond to provide services, education, and more to communities Downeast and on Maine Islands. We recently chatted with Lizzie Cunningham with Women for Healthy Rural Living (WHRL), based in...
Twenty miles off the coast, accessible only by boat or air, is Maine’s most remote year-round island, Matinicus. Several miles even further away is Matinicus Rock, home to one of Maine’s lighthouses and the setting for Penobscot Theatre Company (PCT)’s new show...
Join the Mission on Friday, March 21 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. for a college and career exploration fair at the Weald Bethel Community Center, 39 Weald Bethel Lane, Cherryfield. During this event, students and community members can meet with representatives from...
Last Tuesday on Matinicus, I retired to my cabin for the night. I checked the marine forecast a final time: Wednesday – north winds 20-25 knots, freezing spray in the early morning, four-to-six-foot seas. All normal for winter. Assured that we could depart as...
Residents of Maine’s outer, unbridged islands are used to the ebb and flow of the tides, and the constantly changing landscape of their island. Josh Gray, co-owner of Newman & Gray Boatyard on Great Cranberry, points to a poignant example on his island: Edgar’s...
Every year, the Mission works to quantify the work that we do by counting our impact. The number of students receiving Mission Scholarships. How many neighbors visit the pantry. The count of vaccines given on or via the Sunbeam. Our 2024 Impact Statement provides...
When the newest group of Davis Maine Scholars started their post-secondary careers last fall, they had heard about the college experience from their friends, mentors, and others. However, for these Scholars they were going into the complete unknown as first-generation...
Every year, the Mission partners with organizations across Maine and beyond to provide services, education, and more to communities Downeast and on Maine Islands. Jaclyn Janis, a nurse with Northern Light Home Care & Hospice, who joined the Sunbeam crew on a trip...
Walk into a typical Journey gathering and you are likely to find a group of teens chatting, laughing, and usually grabbing a few snacks. After a few minutes getting settled, the EdGE Secondary and Post-Secondary Youth Development Coordinators get students talking...