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On the Downeast Campus Volunteers Make a Difference
Hundreds of people visit the Mission’s Downeast Campus in Cherryfield each week. Some of these visitors include seniors utilizing the food pantry, kids climbing on the challenge course as part of EdGE, people with their dogs taking walks on some of the trails, and...
Community Member Profile: Sarah Saxby of Frenchboro
The Mission's communities are vibrant and diverse and they span a nine-thousand-five-hundred square mile area that more than ninety-thousand Mainers call home spanning from southern Maine to the Canadian border. We are sharing the stories of these people and their...
Have Fun with EdGE this School Year!
The Mission has opened registration for our EdGE afterschool programs for the 2024-2025 school year. EdGE offers afterschool programs for students at seven schools in Washington County: Beals Elementary, Cherryfield Elementary, D.W. Merritt Elementary in Addison,...
Thank You to the Mission’s Corporate Sponsors and Donors
Our corporate sponsors and donors support the Mission’s work all year. Through their generosity and that of all our donors, the Mission can help sustain and strengthen Maine communities by providing compassionate programs that promote the well-being of children,...
Mission Celebrates Partnership at 2024 Sunbeam Award Gala
On a beautiful, summer night in Bar Harbor, the Mission honored two of its partners for their continued support of the Downeast and island communities at the 2024 Sunbeam Award Gala. The Diana Davis Spencer Foundation was honored for their committed philanthropic...
A summer of projects in Washington County
70 volunteers from 11 states made their way to the Mission's Downeast Campus this summer to make much needed repairs to homes in the area. For more than 20 years, hundreds of volunteers have each spent a week in Cherryfield as part of the Housing Improvement program,...