Healthy Acadia’s Harvest Truck Campaign is nearing the finish line to purchase a Harvest Truck and maximize the Downeast Gleaning Initiative’s efforts to end food waste and insecurity. The nonprofit community health organization is asking for help from community members to make it the last mile. Thanks to support through United...
The National Park Service (NPS) is excited to announce that the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) transferred the Bass Harbor Head Light Station from the U.S. Coast Guard to Acadia National Park on July 8, 2020. Constructed in 1858, the light station was transferred at no expense to the NPS...
Ellsworth, Maine (July 14, 2020) Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital continues to support expecting mothers with information-packed on-line childbirth classes. Participants are encouraged to attend with a partner and bring questions. Topics to be covered include: Understanding labor – how to know when labor really starts, when to call the...
ELLSWORTH & PORTLAND— The Maine Community Foundation’s Equity Fund is accepting applications from nonprofits for project and capacity-building grants that address lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) issues and needs. The Equity Fund helps strengthen LGBTQ organizations in Maine and supports initiatives that work toward inclusive, diverse, prejudice-free communities for...
Are you a family member or friend of someone in recovery from substance use, an individual in long-term recovery, or a recovery ally who is interested in learning more about the recovery process or in supporting others along their journey to recovery? Healthy Acadia and the Maine Alliance for Recovery...
The NextStep Domestic Violence Project has launched a dynamic new website, nextstepdvproject.org, to make it easier to access help, services, and resources. The new website and accompanying posters and brochures were designed by the Bangor firm Well-Known Fox, whose passion for the project is evident in all of the materials. Partner...
BAR HARBOR, MAINE — Early this winter, the National Park Service (NPS) chose eight artists to participate in the Artist-in-Residence program at Acadia National Park in 2020. Most have elected to defer their visits until 2021 due to uncertainties related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The next open call for applications...
The Maine Community Foundation’s Investing in Leaders of Color Program (ILOC) seeks applications. The program is part of MaineCF’s racial equity strategic work, which is building the field of people and organizations to increase the quality of life for all Maine people. “Nonprofit leaders of color are core drivers of...
The Castine Historical Society has come up with a unique new fundraiser for the 2020 season. Buy a mystery picnic pass to one of several exceptional Castine private backyard settings where you will have the view all to yourself and enjoy your BYO picnic for your own group of up...
Bar Harbor, Maine – Bar Harbor Bank & Trust has named seven high school graduates from Maine as recipients of the Bank’s 2020 Career & Technical Education Scholarship. The $1,500 award is presented to students in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont who attended a technical career program as part of...