The Mission’s corporate sponsors support the Mission’s work all year. Through their generosity and the generosity of all of our donors, the Mission can help sustain and strengthen families and communities. The Mission’s two platinum sponsors Bar Harbor Bank &...
The Mission’s EdGE program is known for its afterschool and summer camp programming, which has provided a safe, nurturing space for kids for more than 20 years. But EdGE happens during school time too! This year, the Mission offers in-school programming for all seven...
Maine Seacoast Mission, in partnership with Northern Light Health, Spectrum Generations, and AgeWise Maine Initiative, will offer Covid vaccinations on Maine’s unbridged, outer islands this late November and early December. Vaccinations will be given aboard the...
The Mission is listening to our communities. Over the past year, the Mission hosted 17 listening sessions for residents Downeast and on unbridged outer islands. Community members shared their worries and their hopes, and how the Mission could help. These listening...
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...
Nancy Neu, a well-known Downeast resident who both volunteered and worked for the Mission, passed away on Sunday, October 29. Nancy moved to the region in the 1970s and spent more than 30 years working and volunteering Downeast. It was during this time she started...
Maine Seacoast Mission elves are already working on this year’s Christmas program. Thanks to you, last year we distributed over 11,000 gifts to more than 1,500 people. We are hoping you’ll help us again this year! If you’re mailing items, please send them by Friday,...
Mission President John Zavodny and Director of Island Services Douglas Cornman chat on-stage with Penobscot Theatre's Artistic Director Jonathan Berry. Walk into any Penobscot Theatre production and prepare to be floored. Mission staff were in mid-October when invited...
Few of us give a second thought to the water that comes from our taps, but some Mainers have water that may be contaminated. Unsafe levels of heavy metals, arsenic or PFAS are often in our drinking water because of our reliance on wells. According to the Maine...