Community Connections in Maine

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Community Connections lifts up the people, organizations, and issues that make Maine a better place to live, work, and play.

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October 25, 202625 min

Maine Paws for Veterans

Our guest this week is Jason Morgan, Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator for Brunwsick-based Maine Paws for Veterans. This non-profit works to pair eligible veterans with PTSD and other related conditions with trained dogs for companionship. While some dogs come from rescues, the organization may also train a dog that is already part of the veteran's household. Jason details the work of the organization and how he has benefitted as a veteran with a trained dog.

October 11, 202622 min

Sweetser

Justin Chenette of Sweetser is our guest. We discuss the upcoming fundraising comedy show "Smiles for Sweetser" taking place at the Italian Heritage Center in Portland on October 23rd. We also discuss the many ways Sweetser works to address and treat the mental health of many Mainers. We also learn about a capital campaign to build Maine's first youth psychiatric residential treatment facility.

September 20, 202616 min

Life Flight of Maine

Joe Kellner, CEO of Life Flight of Maine is our guest. Maine's medical air response team was formed in 1998, covering the entire state, and delivering patients in urgent situations to trauma centers in Maine as well as New Hampshire and Boston. We discuss how Life Flight of Maine operates and works with local municipalities, and about a new addition to the Life Flight fleet.

September 13, 202619 min

Maine Inside Out

Our guests are Joseph Jackson and Chiara Liberatore, co-executive directors of Maine Inside Out, a Lewiston-based theatre group that works with and gives a voice to those affected by systemic oppression, with a focus on the incarcerated population. We discuss the importance of their work, and how it fosters self-expression and peer support amongst its participants.

August 30, 202625 min

Partners For World Health

We're joined by John Kuehnle and Emma Gabriele from Partners For World Health. This Portland-based organization collects donated medical supplies and arranges to have those supplies delivered to countries that need them. They also benefit Mainers by offering supplies to those that need them at deeply discounted prices. We learn about their missions and impact, and about a number of volunteer opportunities.

August 16, 202620 min

Strive

We chat with Whitney Wildes and Alex Woodhouse from South Portland-based STRIVE, an organzation that works with individuals with mental and emotional disabilities from tweens to seniors. STRIVE offers a number of programs to help clients live independent lives, and programs to foster social connections with peers.

June 28, 202623 min

Finding Our Voices

Our guest is Patrisha McLean, founder of Midcoast-Maine based Finding Our Voices. We discuss Finding our Voices' work in supporting survivors of domestic abuse, and providing prevention education and resources. Finding Our Voices once again is working with scores of Midcoast and Downeast eateries in July with "Into the Light," where the sale of highlighted menu items benefits the work of the organization.

June 21, 202622 min

SailMaine

We explore the programs of SailMaine with the organization's executive director Michael McAllister. Portland-based SailMaine teaches kids and adults the ins and outs of sailing, and offers scholarship programs as well as adaptive programs to improve the accessibility of sailing.

June 14, 202621 min

Presumpscot Regional Land Trust

Emily Southard joins us from the Presumpscot Regional Land Trust. The Trust holds over 3000 acres of land in Cumberland County. Many of these parcels are open to various forms of public recreation. We learn why preserving this land is so important, and how the Trust acquires and stewards these properties.

June 7, 202617 min

American Red Cross

With the onset of the busy summer season, the American Red Cross says the need for blood donations is great. Dan Dowling of the American Red Cross also shares the importance of platelet donations, due to its short shelf life and its usefulness for cancer patients. We also discuss some incentives the Red Cross are offering in the month of June to encourage donations.

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