Let’s Celebrate AmeriCorps Week!
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by Christy Monroe
National AmeriCorps Week is celebrated from May 11-18, 2008. As you may already know, chances are there is an AmeriCorps member working in your community helping to strengthen organizations by building capacity and directly serving in projects across the United States. As the slogan goes, they are “getting things done!”
Get involved in a service project hosted by AmeriCorps Members! Community Members invited to attend! Experience being an AmeriCorps Member for a Day!
Join AmeriCorps Members in Service Projects Across Maine:
• Day of Caring, Greater Portland
Volunteers will work alongside AmeriCorps members to sort through approximately 50,000 lbs of food collected throughout the annual National Association of Letter Carrier’s Food Drive. Lunch provided.
Sign Up, contact Kala Stenehjem, kstenehjem@unitedwaygp.org
• Damariscotta Lake Watershed Association, Jefferson, Monday, May 12th, 7 - 11am
Join Damariscotta Lake Watershed Association for this public bird walk with local ornithologist Tom Arter.
Sign up, contact Alice Phillips at dlwastaff@roadrunner.com
• Blueberry Cove, 22 Blueberry Cove Rd, Tenants Harbor, Monday, May 12th, 10am
Sustainable agriculture activities with an educational twist such as compost bin building and cold frame building. A great time to enjoy the fellowship of AmeriCorps.
Sign Up, contact Hanna Wheeler, hwheeler@umext.maine.edu
• Rippling Waters Farm, 55 River Rd, Steep Falls, Wednesday, May 14th, 1pm-5pm
Help out on the farm planting in the fields, repotting, working in the greenhouse. Get dirty and have a great time getting to know fellow volunteers!
Sign Up, contact Christy Mckinnon, volunteer.ripplingwaters@gmail.com
• Southern Maine Children’s Water Festival, Portland, Friday, May 16th
The goal of the festival is to emphasize the importance of water to human and ecosystem health, as animal habitat, and its role in weather and other earth processes.
Sign Up, contact Ann Speers, ann.speers@maine.gov
• Blueberry Cove, 22 Bluberry Cove Rd, Tenants Harbor, Saturday, May 17th, 9am
Saturday is our monthly community work party and we have painting projects planned.
Sign up, contact Hanna Wheeler, hwheeler@umext.maine.edu
• Otter Paddle, Saturday, May 17th at 9 a.m.
Damariscotta Lake State Park (bring your own canoe or kayak)
Questions, contact Alice Phillips at dlwastaff@roadrunner.com
For more information about AmeriCorps, click here!
Christy Monroe is the Training VISTA at the Maine Commission for Community Service.