This Saturday, August 19th, is World Humanitarian Day. Each year the UN runs a World Humanitarian Day campaign to bring together the global humanitarian community. This year’s slogan is “Showing unwavering commitment to deliver for the communities it serves, no matter who, no matter where and #NoMatterWhat.” Happy Wednesday! New this week: Recharging Our Heroes Recharging […]
The CCC facilitated a vision day for Maine educators and organizations supporting them at the Augusta Civic Center on Monday. Learn more in the Updates Section of this newsletter. Happy Wednesday! New this week: Meghan Duff Reads Aloud at Porter Memorial Library Local author and associate professor at University of Maine in Machias (UMM), Meghan Duff, will read […]
The Lion’s Gate Portal occurs between July 28th and August 12th, peeking on August 8th this year. This is an alignment of the Sun in Leo, Earth, Orion’s Belt and Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky. This alignment sends high frequency energy to earth, helping us to open our hearts and receive intuitive […]
Abby Frutchey, CCC’s Substance Use Response Coordinator, was asked to be a voice of recovery at the Governor’s 5th Annual Opioid Response Summit in Portland last week. Learn more about this exciting gathering here. Happy Wednesday! New this week: Effectively Communicating Across Barriers The Community Caring Collaborative and Working Communities Challenge invite you to an impactful morning […]
Today is “Take Your Poet to Work Day.” Poetry lovers all over the world carry their favorite wordsmiths to work — not literally, though that would be awesome. People take paper cutouts of poets around with them in their pockets, place them on their desks, or put them in their drawers. This gives them extra motivation […]
The annual Loon Count takes place this Saturday, July 15th, coordinated by the Maine Audubon Society. Learn how you can be involved. Happy Wednesday! New this week: FFCC’s 6th Annual Dinner with Keynote Donna Beegle Families First Community Center is holding its 6th annual fundraising dinner on September 16th, featuring Dr. Donna Beegle as keynote speaker. The […]
July is Sandwich Generation Month! Happy Wednesday! New this week: Daughterhood.org Drop-in Circles Nearly a quarter of adults in the United States are simultaneously raising kids and supporting a parent. You are not alone. Managing the medical, financial, legal and emotional burden of care is overwhelming. There are resources for support, but the caregiver barely […]
Independence Day Celebration in Eastport (photo by Don Dunbar) CCC wishes everyone a safe and happy July Fourth!! Happy Wednesday! New this week: Be In Motion Update Starting this Friday March 10th, Be In Motion with Samantha Williams, a free online class open to all, will start at 1 pm on Zoom. Going forward the class will still […]
Today is the Summer Solstice — welcome summer! Happy Wednesday! New this week: ZERO TO THREE LEARN Conference Early bird registration is officially open for the LEARN Conference 2023, September 19-20th. We’re back in person for the first time in three years, and we cannot wait to be together again with our ZERO TO THREE family! […]
On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution that created the first official flag for the United States of America. Then in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson marked the anniversary of that decree by officially establishing June 14 as Flag Day. (Learn more history here.) Happy Flag Day! New this week: 5th Annual Opioid […]