August 31st is International Overdose Awareness Day. Check out the ways you can help promote awareness in the Updates section of this newsletter. (Above — photos of loved ones whose lives were lost due to overdose, posted on the windows of the Downeast Recovery Support Center in Calais for a prior Overdose Awareness Day.) Happy Wednesday! New […]
Happy Wednesday! New this week: Food Justice for All For a second consecutive year, Healthy Acadia, Impact Justice, and College of the Atlantic are teaming up to highlight and garner support for local food justice projects, with three days of community conversations and engagement events planned for September 7, 8, and 9, 2023: Food Justice […]
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 […]