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Downeast Maine Students Selected for Full-Ride Davis Maine Scholarship
The Mission has selected four Washington County students for the Davis Maine Scholarship’s next cohort. Through a partnership with Andrew Davis and the Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund, the Davis Maine Scholarship ensures first-generation, college-bound students...
Exploring the Wilderness and Bonding with Journey from the desk of EdGE Secondary Youth Development Coordinator Jake Hunkler
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...
Davis Maine Scholars in Downeast Region Select Colleges to Pursue Undergraduate Degrees
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...
A Few Challenges: From the Desk of Food Pantry Coordinator Stacy Openshaw
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...
Join the Mission for at the Maine Home & Boat Show
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...
The Mission Provides TLC for Island Schools from the desk of Sunbeam Education Coordinator Yvonne Thomas
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...