TOPSHAM

‘Look Good, Feel Better’ volunteers sought for training

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Margaret Leblond, right, was recognized for 40 years of membership in the Rebecca Emery Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Biddeford. Leblond joined the Elizabeth Harrison Chapter of the DAR in Missouri and transferred to the Rebecca Emery Chapter not long after. Rebecca Emery Chapter regent Valerie Owen, left, presented Leblond with her 40-year certificate during a recent ceremony. Photo courtesy Marge Scott

The American Cancer Society is looking for licensed cosmetologists in Cumberland and York counties who are interested in becoming trained volunteers for its “Look Good, Feel Better” program.

Hair stylists, wig experts and estheticians are invited to a free training session on Sept. 29 at Cancer Community Center in South Portland.

Look Good, Feel Better is a free community-based, national service that helps women undergoing cancer treatment learn to cope with the appearance-related side effects of chemotherapy and radiation treatments.

For more details or to register for the training session, call Elisa Madore at 462-6307 or email Elisa.Madore@cancer.org.

Cancer Society looking for volunteer drivers for patients

Volunteer drivers are being sought for the American Cancer Society’s Road To Recovery program to transport cancer patients to and from medical treatments.

Cancer patients requiring radiation therapy could need anywhere from 20 to 30 trips to treatment in six-weeks period. In many cases, a patient is driven to hospitals or clinics by relatives or friends, but even these patients must occasionally seek alternative transportation.

For more details or to volunteer, call (800) ACS-2345 or visit cancer.org.

FALMOUTH

College of the Atlantic student heading to Denmark

Navi Whitten, a student at College of the Atlantic at Bangor, is heading to Europe this month to participate in a month-long, ground-breaking undergraduate project to study and implement sustainable energy systems.

Whitten is enrolled in a class taught by COA faculty and led by COA students in collaboration with the Rockland-based Island Institute, which is under the auspices of a new philanthropic arm called The Fund for Maine Islands.

Participants will attend the Samsø Energy Academy in Denmark. During the trip to Samsø Island, Whitten will study firsthand how the farming and tourist community became carbon negative through efficiency upgrades.

ELLSWORTH

Several nonprofits awarded grants by community group

The Cumberland County Committee of the Maine Community Foundation recently awarded $45,261 in grants to nonprofits, including Greater Portland Landmarks, Inc., to support completion of oral histories of 20 community leaders involved in historic preservation over the past 30-50 years.

Other grant recipients were:

• RSU 14, for Teen Trendsetters to provide one-on-one mentoring by teens to second- and third-grade students who are at least six months behind their peers in reading

• Friends of the Eastern Promenade, to support completion of the Fort Allen Rehabilitation Project.

• Roil, to lead creation of a safety net for formerly incarcerated individuals through theater workshops in the community, mentoring for past program participants inside Long Creek Youth Development Center and creation of The Southern Maine Re-Entry Coalition.

The Cumberland County Fund is a permanent endowment that supports projects that strengthen communities in Cumberland County. Applications to the fund are reviewed by a committee of local leaders.

The next proposal deadline is Feb/ 15, 2015. The application and guidelines can be found at www.mainecf.org.

PORTLAND

Women’s Fund gets grant from Quimby Foundation

The Maine Women’s Fund, the Maine foundation focused exclusively on advancing economic security for women and girls, has received a $15,000 grant from the Quimby Family Foundation to support the creation of new communications material, including four filmed vignettes, documentary interviews and a new streamlined website.

The project will focus on the economic security needs of Maine women and girls and will highlight some of the targeted efforts that address these issues across the state.

For more details, go to mainewomensfund.org or call 774-5513.

BUCKSPORT

Great Pond Trust awarded first-time accreditation

Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust is one of 25 land trusts nationwide to be awarded first-time accreditation this month from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance.

“We are thrilled to be recognized for our commitment to conserving amazing local places for people and wildlife,” said Cheri Domina, GPMCT executive director. “The accreditation process took us three years of hard work, and it’s made us a more mature organization – prepared to care for our holdings and serve the community far into the future.”

GPMCT owns and manages the 4,500-acre Great Pond Mountain Wildlands in Orland for wildlife habitat, recreation and sustainable forestry; the trust also owns 30 acres in Bucksport and cares for conservation easements in Orland and Dedham (Lucerne).

GPMCT is one of only 280 land trusts from across the country that has been accredited since the fall of 2008.

For more details, go to landtrustalliance.org.

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