United Way Community Builder award winners announced

United Way of Mid Coast Maine presented Community Builder Awards to a musically talented Bath woman, a group of dedicated church volunteers and a philanthropic local bank at its annual meeting May 23.

Martha Mayo was honored for the many years she’s spent sharing the joy of singing through community events, as well her work as a teacher and performance director at Morse High School, West Bath School and the Children’s Schoolhouse. She also was thanked for her leadership of Sagadahoc Preservation Inc. and Main Street Bath, including her work to save the Gateway paintings, by Jim Stilphen, and Hallet’s Clock.

“Martha’s energy and spirit can fill up a room – or a community,” United Way Executive Director Barbara Reinertsen said. “We’re very lucky to have her here in our community, and United Way is proud to present Martha Farrington Huotari Mayo with our Community Builder Award.”

Ecumenical Volunteers in the Damariscotta-Newcastle Area received the award for a group or initiative for the various projects volunteers had launched, including the Ecumenical Food Pantry, a homelessness prevention fund, Stepping Stone for affordable housing, the transportation service FISH and the Ecumenical Diaper Bank. 

United Way Board Chairman Joel Wegner praised “this special group of church volunteers who have responded over many years to the needs they saw in their local communities.”

Bath Savings Institution and Bath Savings Trust received the award for a business or organization. According to Reinertsen, last year the bank contributed $635,000 to hundreds of nonprofit groups across the region and provided over 4,000 volunteer hours to nonprofit organizations.

Mid Coast Hospital doctors honored for teaching excellence

Seven Mid Coast Hospital physicians were recently honored for teaching Tufts University School of Medicine/Maine Medical Center Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum students at Mid Coast Hospital.

Ira Bird, MD, Lawrence Fischman, MD, Amina Hanna, MD, David Inger, MD, Lisa Anderson, MD, Roy Nakamura, MD, and James Rines, MD, (retired), received Citations for Excellence in Teaching from Tufts University School of Medicine.

Mid Coast Hospital has participated as a training site for the program since 2011. Through this program, students explore multiple medical disciplines, including OB/GYN, pediatrics, family medicine, internal medicine, psychiatry and general surgery. 

“As in years past, we are delighted to have so many Mid Coast Hospital providers receive Citations for Outstanding Teaching,” said Marybeth Ford, MD, director of the LIC program at Mid Coast Hospital. “Their ongoing level of commitment and professionalism attests to the high-quality medical education students receive at our institution. Mid Coast Hospital is honored to participate in the TUSM/MMC LIC program and very appreciative for this recognition.”

Transitions

Joachim Homann, curator of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick, has been appointed the new curator of drawings at the Harvard Art Museums, effective Aug. 19. Homann returns to Harvard, having served as a graduate curatorial fellow in the Busch-Reisinger Museum from 2001-2003.

Mid Coast Hospital physicians David Inger, MD, Amina Hanna, MD, and Ira Bird, MD, each received Citations for Excellence in Teaching from Tufts University School of Medicine.

Members of Ecumenical Projects in the Damariscotta-Newcastle area were honored by United Way of Mid Coast Maine at its annual meeting in late May.

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