News
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...
Fall Events on the Downeast Campus
Community dinners, yoga, open mic nights, and more are happening at Weald Bethel in Cherryfield this fall and winter. These programs are all open to the public. “I always feel that Fall is a season of renewal and rejuvenation, so it's fitting that we are...
Providing Turkeys to Washington County
Thanksgiving came a little early last week at the Bayside Market Milbridge as Mission staff members, volunteers and students in the Journey program collected donations for Healthy Acadia’s Turkey-a-Thon. Dressed up in their turkey finery (as well as a few other fruits...
Mission Welcomes New Board Members
The Mission recently welcomed Dean Lunt and Jaime Weir as new members of our Board of Directors. Lunt and Weir are Maine natives dedicated to the communities that the Mission serves. “We are happy to welcome Jaime and Dean to the Board of Directors,” says Dan McKay,...
Remembering Captain David Allen
Starting in 1971, Captain David Allen made thousands of trips to islands along the Maine coast, first aboard the Mission’s Sunbeam IV and later Sunbeam V. David and his wife Betty, who joined him aboard Sunbeam as the steward in 1978, were the personification of the...
Help Us Bring Christmas to Island and Downeast Residents
Christmas in Frenchboro in 1930 and 2019 Right before Christmas in 1905, we delivered our first Christmas presents to residents and lighthouse keepers living on Maine islands. More than a century later, the we still delivers gifts, wrapped in white parchment paper...