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PublishedAugust 23, 2024
Reporting Aside: Waterville woman left a legacy of goodwill
Joan Phillips-Sandy, longtime Waterville lawyer, school board chairwoman and community servant, died much too young at age 78, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedApril 26, 2024
Reporting Aside: Waterville church offers soup, sandwich and kindness
The Evening Sandwich Program in the basement of the Universalist Unitarian Church of Waterville is a lifeline for Terri Cashman, 42, and her husband, who live in a garage.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2024
Greater Portland children learn joy of volunteering with Chickadeeds
A unique community organization, the Chickadeeds organizes monthly events to give children and adults a chance to volunteer for area nonprofits.
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PublishedJune 16, 2023
Central Mainers saw dirty sleeping bags in the trash, so they started washing them in their homes
Augusta-area volunteers are helping meet the needs of the homeless community, and reduce waste, through a new sleeping bag swap program.
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PublishedApril 17, 2023
Nonprofits scramble for help as fewer people volunteer
A recent survey shows that formal volunteer participation dropped 7 percentage points between 2019 and 2021 – the largest decrease the survey has recorded since a version of it started in 2002.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2023
Maine Voices: What volunteer firefighting taught me about community building
The dozens of volunteer firefighters I worked with at the end of January all had different strengths to share – and those strengths add up.
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2023
The Maine Millennial: On proving things to myself in 2022
And setting some goals for 2023.
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PublishedDecember 25, 2022
Augusta Community Christmas Dinner volunteers deliver meals, fellowship
Volunteers at the South Parish Congregational Church prepared meals Christmas Day, while other delivered the food to community members.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2022
Portland immigration clinic helps asylum seekers take ‘first step of a very long road’
With help from volunteers and nonprofits, more than 300 new Mainers fleeing persecution in other countries have recently begun the process of securing asylum – and safety.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2022
The Maine Millennial: Medicine is a group project
Maine Med was full almost to bursting when I had my donor kidney removed there, but the staff made me feel like I was the only patient in the building.
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