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SEPTEMBER 2017 CHEBEAGUE ISLAND COUNCIL CALENDAR
The Recompense Fund
Thanks to so many
enthusiastic volunteers
and participants, the
August 6
th
celebratory
Recompense Fund pizza
picnic party was a huge
success. Representatives
from 11 nonprofits
received
recognition
for their partnership
with the Recompense Fund. This year’s grants
to island nonprofits and organizations again
totaled over $40,000. During the picnic, we were
even “buzzed” by one of LifeFlight’s rescue
helicopters on a training mission that afternoon,
in acknowledgment of a grant to help upgrade
their lifesaving service with Chebeague Fire and
Rescue.
Special recognition was given to our most
senior donor—Margaret Gaston at 100—
and our most junior donor—Isaac Julien at
27. Margaret Gaston graciously accepted
her certificate to the applause of the crowd.
Isaac Julien, away on a work assignment, sent
a message read by his friend John Summa,
explaining how much the island means to him
and why he donates to the Recompense Fund.
All nonprofits and island organizations
that requested funding received funding:
Chebeague & Cumberland Land Trust ($1,000);
Island Commons ($7,975), Chebeague Island
Community Association ($1,800), Kids’ Place
($14,000), Chebeague Island Historical Society
($3,726), Chebeague Recreation Center
($9,000), Chebeague Island School ($500),
Chebeague Island Hall Community Center
($2,945), and LifeFlight Foundation ($1,500).
The Recompense Fund Board also announced
the recent receipt of an extraordinary $250,000
Challenge Gift from the Raymond Family
Foundation (RFF). Over the course of the
next four years the RFF will match, dollar for
dollar up to their challenge, all contributions
to the Recompense Fund. This should allow us
to achieve our dual 10-year goals of annual
increases in grants to island nonprofits and the
creation of a fund to sustain our grant-making
capacity well into the future.
Notices
Ladies Aid:
Please join us for crafty projects and camaraderie from
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. each Thursday.
Catholic Communion Service:
A regular Catholic Communion
Service will be held every Saturday at 4:00 p.m. at the church.
Sew Good:
Sew Good will meet September 27 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).
Alcoholics Anonymous 2017:
The Chebeague Island Group of
Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at the Chebeague Island Library
on Wednesday and Saturday mornings at 8:00 a.m. through
Labor Day weekend. Please park in the library parking lot and
use the back door. For more information, call 914-980-6107.
Classified Ads
Top Shelf Cleaning and Services:
Cleaning, moving cars
to and from the Stone Pier or Chandlers Wharf, snowplowing
and snowblowing, and winter house watching—daily, weekly,
or monthly—lawn mowing, and light tractor work. For more
information,
call Cindy at 207-846-1055
.
Seasonal Rental at 13 Island View Rd:
Fully equipped
summer home with 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, and private right of way
to the water; $900 per week plus a $300 security deposit.
Contact
Richard Bowen at
rhbowen3@gmail.com
or 207-831-6148.
11’ Pico sailboat:
fun, fast, good condition, $1500
or
best offer.
Also,
used windsurf board, 2 sails, $450 or best offer. Call 846-8800.
Fresh-Cut, Locally Grown Flowers for Special Events:
Over 30
varieties of color. Delivery by hand or to ferry. Call 650-1168.
Minimum order, $200, not
including delivery charges. Check out our
flower photos on Facebook at Fresh Pickins Farm.