BRUNSWICK
Bowdoin volunteers taking part in Common Good Day
More than 500 Bowdoin College students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends will be in the Greater Brunswick and Portland communities Saturday for the 16th annual Common Good Day.
Alumni groups in 11 cities across the country also have volunteer events planned for the day.
Teams of Bowdoin volunteers will spend three hours working on various projects for approximately 50 local nonprofit and municipal organizations.
Some of this year’s projects include building rustic boardwalks on one of Freeport Conservation Trust’s trails, organizing and packing medical supplies with Partners for World Health and working on a building for a veteran and his three young children with Habitat for Humanity.
Members of the community are also invited to participate. For more information, call Rubi Duran at 798-4191 or email commongoodday@bowdoin.edu.
WELLS
Area students get programs on post-school opportunities
York County Community College and the Sanford School Department have partnered, for the third summer, to provide students from the district with enrichment opportunities preparing them for life after high school.
More than 60 freshmen and sophomore students participated in the programs, held at YCCC’s Wells campus.
Attendees were informed about classes in culinary arts, graphic design and criminal justice through workshops led by YCCC staff, faculty and the Wells Police Department.
Participants also attended seminars about college, career readiness and entrepreneurship, and took daily tours of several county employers
The project was funded by a grant from the Nellie Mae Foundation.
SANFORD
Bank donates $600 to Stuff the Bus program
SIS Bank recently presented a donation of more than $600 to the Sanford/Springvale Stuff the Bus program.
Stuff the Bus is a school readiness program which provides backpacks, school supplies and other items to help low-income students prepare for the first day of school.
SIS Bank’s contribution to the program included money raised by SIS employees during its recent Jeans Day.
For more details or to donate or sign up a child for the program, go to www.stuffthebus.me or call Wanda Parent at 604-4543.
Copy the Story LinkSend questions/comments to the editors.
Success. Please wait for the page to reload. If the page does not reload within 5 seconds, please refresh the page.
Enter your email and password to access comments.
Hi, to comment on stories you must . This profile is in addition to your subscription and website login.
Already have a commenting profile? .
Invalid username/password.
Please check your email to confirm and complete your registration.
Only subscribers are eligible to post comments. Please subscribe or login first for digital access. Here’s why.
Use the form below to reset your password. When you've submitted your account email, we will send an email with a reset code.