The Strawberry Festival is seeking volunteers! They need you.
Strawberry Hulling Party
Friday, June 24th, 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m., at the Community Center,
This is the prep work for the selling of strawberry shortcakes on Saturday. This is a fun activity! Catch up with your friends or make new ones while hulling and slicing berries. The Community [...]
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Volunteers needed for Central School Outdoor Classroom
[ November 13, 2010; 10:00 am; 10:00 am; 10:00 am; ] [caption id="attachment_2906" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="During the October work day volunteers planted trees in Central School's Outdoor Classroom"][/caption]
The Central School Outdoor Classroom is a community effort to improve the grounds of Central School for outdoor learning. The plan includes a custom-designed landscape architecture plan as well as an on-site hoop house for the school garden. [...]
South Berwick Strawberry Festival: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Always the last Saturday in June, this year the festival will be on 26 June 2010. The South Berwick Strawberry Festival officially kicks off summer for South Berwick. Kids are out of school, camps are open and the weather is getting warm. All over town one can see the bright red, white, and green strawberry [...]
Volunteer Opportunity: Mount Agamenticus Conservation Program
Want to get outside this weekend and help care for one of our local treasures? Mount Agamenticus Conservation Program could use your help.
Volunteers are welcome at Mt. Agamenticus for a Community Workday this Saturday, September 26th at 9:00 a.m.
If you have enjoyed Mt. A’s summit views and the area’s 40 miles of forested trail, then [...]
Tonight: Open House at South Berwick Community Food Pantry
Tonight, September 9, 2009 is the Open House at the South Berwick Community Food Pantry. Everyone is invited to stop by and see all the wonderful improvements made to the pantry and to see the great work the volunteers do. Stop by and take a look…free refreshments. 6:00 to 7:00 PM at [...]
Will Work for Tickets
Looking for a way to volunteer, with benefits?
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Hackmatack Playhouse is looking to trade tickets for handyperson carpentry work (fix screen doors, windows etc). Please contact Hackplayhouse@aol.com or call 207-698-1807.
Garden Club Traffic Island Clean Up
[ June 20, 2009; 9:00 am; ] To spotlight the problem of invasive plants in the community, the South Berwick Conservation Commission will join forces with the South Berwick Garden Club to sponsor a cleanup of traffic islands in the municipal parking lot at the corner of Main and Norton Streets at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 20.
“This is an ideal opportunity for [...]
Nice People doing Good Things
There are so many people who do so much and get very little recognition. Here are some of them.
The Maine Education Foundation Kick-Off Dinner and Auction is coming up on Saturday. I know the planning committee has put their heart and soul into it and hope it is a roaring success. Go here to find [...]
Wildlife Center Seeks Volunteers
The babies are coming and they need your help!
If you love animals and can spare a few hours each week this summer, the Center for Wildlife (CFW) is looking for you!
The CFW, the region’s largest wildlife rehab facility, treats over 1,600 sick, injured and orphaned wild animals each year. From April through September, the Center [...]
Update on Kid’s Day 2009: How you can get involved
An update from the Kid’s Day organizing committee:
Kid’s Day 2009 is just around the corner. We are excited and honored to have Vicki Stewart as our first annual Grand Marshall of everything wheel’s parade kicking off Saturday June 6, 2009 at 11:00pm. Please make sure you come out to see our kid’s favorite teacher/principal ride [...]
First Ever: South Berwick Kid’s Day
[ June 6, 2009; 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] The South Berwick Kid’s Day Committee says “mark your calendar” so you don’t miss this special day:
Saturday, June 6 will be South Berwick Maine’s very first Kid’s Day. This year’s theme is South Berwick “A Great Staycation”. It is a day to celebrate our kids having fun and to recognize their many accomplishments.
Kid’s Day 2009 [...]
Opinion: Uncharitable thoughts while picking trash
While I picked up trash along Route 236 for several hours on Saturday morning I had plenty of time to think and most of the thoughts were quite uncharitable. But first, the charitiable thoughts.
Charitable thought one: This town is full of many great people who extend themselves in all kinds of ways, large and small. [...]
South Berwick Earth Day: Clean, Green, and Proud
On Saturday, April 18, 2009 citizens all over town were out in force picking up roadside litter and sprucing up the town. There were volunteers cleaning Route 236, Old Fields Road, Bennett Lot Road, Belle Marsh Road, Waterside Lane, Highland Ave. and other areas around town. Here are pictures of some of the workers.
Volunteers strategize [...]
Volunteers Needed: Center for Wildlife
Handymen/Women Needed:
The Center for Wildlife in Cape Neddick, ME is looking for volunteers to help with a variety of small projects and repairs and simple building projects.
Volunteers will need to provide their own tools and equipment and have basic carpentry skills.
The Center for Wildlife is a 501(c) 3 organization dedicated to [...]
Keep South Berwick Warm – January 24, 2009
Mark you calendar. On Saturday, January 24 there will be a neighborly auction, raffle, and get together to help raise funds for South Berwick’s Fuel Assistance fund. This is a tough winter for many, with the worsening economic picture taking its toll on all of us. This event offers an opportunity for neighbors to give [...]
New England Cottontail Survey Training
The New England Cottontail was once widespread throughout New England. So prolific was this creature that rabbit stew was common New England fare. Now the New England Cottontail can not be found at all in Vermont and there are only a few known isolated patches of New England Cottontail populations remaining. At least one of [...]
Holiday Spirit: Helping Others
Some of the 900+ frozen turkeys that are going into food boxes this week to provide a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for families experiencing difficult times.
The York County Shelter in Alfred is expecting between 900 and 1000 families to request food boxes for Thanksgiving. A local group has pledged to donate funds to pay for 350 [...]
Volunteers Needed: House Warmings
GreenUp! South Berwick and the South Berwick/Eliot Rotary have teamed up for House Warmings, an initiative to help local homeowners get ready for winter by weatherizing their homes. South Berwick resident and GreenUp! member, Annie Stephenson and several volunteers did home energy audits for five local families a week ago, and now [...]
Out and About: What’s Going On?
Last week I had the opportunity to get out and about and see what South Berwick residents are up to. I got to witness the community spirit that makes this a great town and I got to spend time with great people.
First stop was the August meeting of South Berwick Networking (SBN). SBN is an [...]
The Strawberry Festival Goes Green
The strawberries will still be red but the Strawberry Festival is going GREEN!
The Strawberry Festival Committee has announced that they will serve Strawberry Shortcake and Cheesecake on biodegradable bowls, plates and spoons. They have collaborated with BIOSMART- a company that sells “Bagasse” tableware derived from the by-product of sugar cane. In [...]
Volunteer: Great Works River Watershed Coalition
The Great Works River Watershed Coalition (GWRWC) is a volunteer group that monitors the water quality of the Great Works River and its tributaries at sites in Sanford, North Berwick, and South Berwick. The group seeks volunteers and members to assist in the biweekly monitoring program that begins on Saturday, May 31. Coalition [...]
Volunteer: South Berwick Volunteer Network
Want to do something to help a neighbor? South Berwick Volunteer Network (SBVN) needs volunteer drivers. SBVN is a nonprofit organization that offers free transportation to local residents who need a ride to medical appointments. Usually, drivers are assigned one day per month (M-F). The average appointment requires about 2 hours of [...]
