NOVEMBER Benefits & Good Works

GOOD WORKS

There seems to be more Good Works to report this month than there is Benefits. If you have a benefit you’d like to add to this blog, please email me at southendstories@aol.com. Also see the separate blog listing the annual Christmas and craft fairs in your area. That list will be updated throughout the month also.

SAVING THE TIGER

Thanks go to the Lincoln Center for preserving and displaying our beloved Rockland Tiger which came from the front of the old Rockland District High School building, now Oceanside High School. Pictured here with the tiger are Lincoln Center Director, Angela Anderson Pomerlean and Ben Perry, curator and historian of the Alumni Heritage Room at the center.

LONZA EMPLOYEES HELP OUT AT ERICKSON FIELDS

Pictured here are three Lonza employees, from left to right: Christopher Veilleux, Leslie Sprowl, and Debra Jackson, as they help harvest and clean carrots from the field. They volunteered to help out the three teenagers who usually work in the fields, who had to return to school. The field produces food to help out area food pantries. Lonza Rockland, Inc., a Rockland firm, supplies pharmaceuticals and health supplies.

CAMDEN LIONS SORT WASTE FOR GOOD WORKS

Brenda Miller, a Camden Lion, sorts returnables at the Midcoast Solid Waste facility in this picture. If you bring your waste to the facility you can also donate your returnables to the Lions, who will use the money earned to fund their many charitable projects such as: holiday baskets; elder care and social service donations; maintaining the Camden Veterans Memorial; decorating downtown with US flags;  providing eye exams and glasses…to name a few. Help the Lions out, they deserve it.

CAMDEN NATIONAL BANK DONATES TO LIFEFLIGHT

Camden National Bank made a donation to LifeFlight. LifeFlight provides free helicopter transportation to the critically ill or to injured patients.

GOOD INTENTIONS CLUB

 THANKS GIVEN TO WARREN ODD FELLOWS

The Good Intentions Quilters, whose members meet at the Warren Odd Fellows Hall, wanted to thank their hosts for a place to meet every week. As a thank you they made a quilt for the Odd Fellows to auction off to benefit the many charities the Odd Fellows sponsor. The drawing will be held November 17 at the Thursday Night Bingo night.

BENEFITS

HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSES

Walter H. Wotton House,
 home of Margaret and Ed Gagnon, in Friendship  

A holiday open house to benefit the Friendship Museum will be held on November 18 and 19. The house is located at 56 Harbor Rd. in Friendship. On November 18 there will be a preview reception limited to 50 guests with music, champagne, and hors d'oeuvres, Tickets are $15 and must be purchased in advance. call 832-4852 for informatiion.

On November 19, the open house will take place from 10am-3pm. Cider and cookies will be served. Tickets are $10 and may be reserved in advance or purchased at the door.

The Edgar Stackpole House

The Edgar Stackpole House, at 21 Knox Street in Thomaston, owned by Gerry amd Mimi Zwick, is the site for a Home for the Holidays reception and open-house fund raiser on December 2 and 3.

There will be a preview reception on December 2 from 5-7pm. The reception will include music, wine and hors d'oeuvres, and a brief talk on the historical aspects of the house. An open house will be held December 3 from 10am-3pm. There will be a silent auction running throughout the two days.

Preview tickets must be purchased in advance at $20 ($18 for historical society members). Tickets for the open house are $10 ($8 for members). Call 354-6924 for information.

HOLIDAY HOUSE TOUR

 TO BENEFIT ROCKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY

The Historic Inns of Rockland will once again sponsor their Holiday House Tour to benefit the Rockland Public Library on November 26, 1-4 pm. Participants will be able to tour Rockland's historic inns, including: Captain Lindsey House; LimeRock Inn; Berry Manor Inn; and Granite Inn. They will also tour the home of a Rockland artist, which will be decorated for the holiday.

After the tour there will be a silent auction at the library for table Christmas trees. The public will enjoy cookies and beverages. 

Tickets are on sale at the library, $10 adults; children under age 12 free.

4-H CALENDARS FOR SALE

Orders for the 2012 Knox-Lincoln 4-H will be taken till December 2. Cost is $14, shipped. All photographs in the calendar were taken by 4-H members. To order, call 832-0343, 800-244-2104.