WINTHROP — The Bailey Public Library will host retired U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills on Friday, April 29, at the Winthrop Performing Arts Center at the Winthrop High School on Rambler Road. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the event will start at 7 p.m.

The event is co-hosted by Winthrop resident Karen Toothaker and cosponsored by American Legion Alfred W. Maxwell Jr. Post No 40. Tickets are available at the library. The program is free and open to the public, but contributions to the Travis Mills Foundation to support The Maine Chance Lodge and Retreat will be collected at the door.

Mills has authored a book, “Tough As They Come,” and his film, “Travis: A Soldier’s Story,” was released nationwide in 2014. The film includes raw footage from Mills’ early days of rehabilitation, as well as interviews with his fellow soldiers and a reenactment of his April 2012 injury. During his third tour of duty in Afghanistan, he was caught in an IED blast four days before his 25th birthday. Mills became one of only five soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to survive a quadruple amputation.

The event will feature a talk from Mills in addition to a screening of the film.

Mills recently announced that his Foundation has purchased the historic Maine Chance Lodge and Retreat in Rome and will convert it into housing for disabled veterans and their families. The Lodge was previously owned by cosmetics pioneer Elizabeth Arden. The home will be converted into America’s first fully accessible “smart-home” facility to serve combat-wounded veterans and their families.

FMI:  or to reserve tickets, call the library at 207-377-8673.