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The Recompense Fund

The Recompense Fund’s mission is to support the sustainability of Chebeague as a year-round community through its nonprofit organizations. The fund is poised to offer support in 2017 for all our Chebeague nonprofits in the form

Participants will have the opportunity to go through the draft grant application and offer suggestions for its improvement. The goals of the workshop are to review grant-writing basics; provide tips, insights, and techniques; increase participants’ grant-writing confidence; and introduce participants to grant opportunities beyond the Recompense Fund. The fund aims to help all our island nonprofits expand their resources by finding ways to make the funding “pie” larger for all. One way to do that is to increase nonprofits’ capacity to seek and qualify for funding from resources beyond the island. A grant from the Recompense Fund, for example, can help leverage matching funds from other sources. As described in last month’s article, Island Commons used their grant from the Recompense Fund to find additional resources from an off-island foundation and additional donors. Leila Bisharat, Chair of the Recompense Fund Board

of grants, workshops, and advice. Applications for the 2017 award cycle are due by May 31. From now until then our board members are here to help interested Chebeague nonprofits as they develop ideas to submit as grant applications, whether as individual nonprofits or in conjunction with other nonprofits. As a first step we are offering a grant-writing workshop open to all on Wednesday March 15 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Chebeague Island School. A light supper will be served during the workshop. Lelia DeAndrade, Senior Director of Grant-making Services at the Maine Community Foundation, will lead the workshop. This follows on the lessons we learned in 2016 from Chebeague nonprofits.

The Recompense Fund is dedicated exclusively to Chebeague. Its board serves as an advisory committee to the Maine Community Foundation, which administers the fund.

Firefighter Footnotes

Burn permits are still available for free through Ralph or Kim Munroe and Lisa Israel or online for a cost of $7 ($2 of which goes to the town) at www.13.informe.org/burnpermit/public . All fires must be attended at all times and require a burn permit. Ralph Munroe Cell 712-3827 • Ralph and Kim Munroe Home 846-4654 • Lisa Israel 274-0716 Important Resource Numbers

AA 24-hour Hotline....................... 774-4335/800-737-6237 Al Anon/Alateen to help family/ friends of alcoholics......... 284-1844/800-498-1844 NA Hotline..................................................... 800-974-0062

24-Hour Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Hotline........................... 888-568-1112 Statewide Sexual Assault Crisis Hotline......... 800-871-7741 Family Crisis Services..................................... 800-537-6066

Notices

Sew Good: Sew Good will meet February 22 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Parish House. For more information, please call Lola Armstrong (846-4737) or Karen Corson (846-0938).

Ladies Aid: Please join us for crafty projects and camaraderie from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. each Thursday . Our Summer Fair will be held Thursday August 3 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Hall. Catholic Communion Service: A Catholic Communion Service without a priest will be held each Saturday at 4:00 p.m. at the Parish House.

Chebeague Island Historical Society: This year’s House Tour will be on Tuesday August 8 from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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FEBRUARY 2017 CHEBEAGUE ISLAND COUNCIL CALENDAR