Today is Ash Wednesday — perhaps not the “happiest” Wednesday in the Christian calendar — but a significant holy day marking the first day of Lent, a 40-day period of “preparing” for Easter Sunday, the celebration of the resurrection. During this season of preparation, Christians may practice certain restrictions and disciplines, such as fasting from […]
Although Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12th, we celebrate his birthday, along with the birthday of our country’s first president, George Washington, on the 3rd Monday of February. Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president, may best be remembered as “the Great Emancipator” for his insistence on abolishing the practice of slavery, which he put ahead […]
Get ready to celebrate Chocolate Day on February 9th! No kidding, it’s a thing, and you can read all about the origins of Chocolate Day (part of Valentine’s week in India) here. And if you’re looking for a good excuse to enjoy chocolate every other day of the year, read the Cleveland Clinic’s list of benefits from dark chocolate. […]
Today, February 1st, starts an important Celtic holiday known as “Imbolc” (literally “in the belly”), celebrated from sunrise on February 1st through sunset February 2nd. This “cross-quarter” day falls between the winter solstice and the spring equinox and was generally marked as a time of the first stirrings in the ground harboring spring’s approach. In […]
George Townsend & Kelsey LaCoote utilized The Joy Fund to purchase their new home in Calais). Learn more about this CCC program to help first time homebuyers pay for home inspections. (Photo courtesy of Georgie Kendall) Happy Wednesday! New this week: Save the Date – Finding Our Way Wayfinder Schools is excited to announce the return of Finding […]
Sunday was Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday — January 15, 1929, Atlanta, GA. From his bio on the Nobel Prize website: “In 1957 he was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization formed to provide new leadership for the now burgeoning civil rights movement. The ideals for this organization he took from […]
January in Maine Happy Wednesday! New this week: Impacts of Poverty Training The CCC is excited to welcome all staff from partner organizations to a free, 3-hour Zoom training: “Understanding the Impacts of Poverty,” on February 8th from 9 am to 12 pm, presented by Charley Martin-Berry and Julie Redding. This training will cover the definitions […]
It’s the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese Calendar. We hope 2023 is off to a running start for you! Happy Wednesday! New this week: Warming Center Open Healthy Acadia’s warming center at 24 Church Street in Ellsworth, the INSPIRE Recovery Center, is open from 7 am to 7 pm. Please share this flyer. To check […]
On the Fourth Day of Christmas my true love gave to me…. Happy Wednesday! New this week: Free Allyship Training in Machias, Trescott & Calais Join Out Maine for a free, professional development training on January 25th and 26th at 3 different sites around Washington County (snow dates Feb 8th & 9th). See flyer for times and […]
4 days until Christmas — looks like Santa recruited some extra help… to eat his snack! Happy Winter Solstice! New this week: Free LGBTQ+ Allyship Training Join Out Maine for a free, professional development training on January 25th from 4 – 7 pm at Washington County Community College. This training is designed for anyone who […]