Root and Bloom Homeschool Co-op held a student-organized fundraiser, supply drive, and donation for Franklin County Animal Shelter.
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Anonymous donor adds wellbeing for Harrison Food Bank volunteers
Gone is the canopy, erected on pavement in the parking lot that volunteers used for desk space and shelter during all types of weather – replaced with a heated and air-conditioned portable office.
Jay Post #33 AMVET Ladies Auxiliary wins national award for volunteer project
Post #33 AMVET Ladies Auxiliary wins national award for participation in the Flat Stanley project at Academy Hill School.
Jay quilting group sews up community caring
Country Square Quilters meet twice a month, donate numerous quilts every year to a variety of Maine organizations and hospitals.
Class of 2023 undertakes first community service field day
Spruce Mountain High School Principal TJ Plourde said 95% of the senior class participated.
PACE’s Stacy Blaquiere honored with the Captain Joel Barnes Memorial Award
The community service award is presented annually by the Maine Mariners, teamsters Local 340 and Berwick Firefighters Association to recognize a first responder who embodies the spirit of Berwick Captain Joel Barnes, who died in the line of duty in 2019.
Area kids holding pie sale Nov. 20 at Seventh-day Adventist Church in Oxford
Youth of Oxford’s Seventh-day Adventist Church began taking on secret mission projects, raising money to improve the lives of strangers across the globe and friends in their neighborhood. No longer working in secret, they are holding a pie sale at the church on Fore Street, to help a congregant secure safe housing.
Norway Boy Scout earns national community service Good Deed Award
Cooper Libby of Norway will next volunteer to work in 50 different yards around Oxford Hills in the ’50 Yard Dash’ challenge.
Community programs for Christmas, winter coats loses location, seeking new ‘home’
Rightstart hopes to find a new site by June but available commercial space for nonprofits in Oxford Hills is tight.
Mt. Blue teens tackle tough community needs
Summer Experience, a resource program hosted by United Way of the Tri-Valley Area, is an eye opener for eighth and ninth graders.