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FEBRUARY 2017 CHEBEAGUE ISLAND COUNCIL CALENDAR
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
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.
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
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
Notices
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.
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).
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.
Firefighter Footnotes
The Recompense Fund is dedicated exclusively to Chebeague. Its board serves as an advisory
committee to the Maine Community Foundation, which administers the fund.
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