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Island Eldercare Providers Connect and Learn at Yearly Retreat
Health care providers and residents of islands stretching from Cliff Island to Frenchboro walked through the door of the Southern Harbor House on North Haven, took off their shoes, grabbed a cup of tea and sat around a table to share their successes and struggles...
Keeping Islands Connected on Zoom
Every Friday morning at 9:30 a.m., Douglas Cornman, the Mission’s Director of Island Outreach and Chaplain, powers up his computer, turns on his video camera, and starts moving with students attending school on Maine’s outer islands on Zoom. Students on Matinicus...
Sign Up for the Mission’s Christmas Program
Santa and Mrs. Claus delivering the Mission's presents by boat! A gift from the Seacoast Mission with its white parchment paper wrapping tied with red string has been a welcome addition under the tree for many Downeast families. Applications for the Mission's...
“The Island Reader” Goes to the Library of Congress
Volume One (2006) Volume 16 (2022) In 2006, a thinly bound, black and white collection of pages was stapled together, and copies were given out. Inside the cover, beautifully crafted poetry, stories, and artwork leapt off the page. What today looks strikingly similar...
Need Fuels Visits to Mission’s Food Pantry
Beginning in October of 2021, Megan Smith, Food Security Program Coordinator, started seeing familiar faces more often at the Mission’s food pantry. As everyday costs, such as home heating oil and rent continue to rise, many must adjust their budgets to make ends...
More Than 300 Flu and Covid Vaccines Administered to Islanders this Fall
With the Sunbeam out of the water for its yearly painting, Sharon Daley, RN, Director of Island Health had to find different ways to travel to the islands this fall in order to administer flu vaccines and Covid boosters. To reach each island, Sharon and Director of...