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Mission Offers Two Community Events This Holiday Season
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...
Remembering Nancy Neu, Longtime Mission Employee and Volunteer
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...
Christmas Program Wishlist
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,...
Talking Island Life With Penobscot Theatre
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...
Healthy Water, Healthy Aging on Maine’s unbridged islands
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...
A former Mrs. Christmas continues to spread Christmas cheer
Every September, Marilyn Nickson gets out her list and starts checking it twice. Marilyn, and a handful of other volunteers and Mission staff, spend months planning and preparing for Christmas before the first gift goes out the door. Marilyn, a former “Mrs....