Sept. 29th to Oct. 3rd
The Bangor Daily News has an article on Alpha One’s recent “Adaptive Fair,” where the organization’s Renegade Wheelchair was on display.
The 4th Annual Walk to D’Feet Hunger & Homelessness was held this week to benefit Amos House, an organization that “supports men, women and children in Rhode Island who are hungry, [...]

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Sept. 22nd to Sept. 26th
Law enforcement officers have donated over 1,000 pounds of fish to Amos House, which provides meals to the poor in Providence, RI.
As Robert Chambers delivered his remarks at the FertileGround Conference, this blogger offered his thoughts on Bonnie CLAC’s model.
Friends of the Cobscook Community Learning Center are invited to join other [...]

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Sept. 15th to Sept. 19th
Robert Chambers, President of Bonnie CLAC, was interviewed this week by Portland’s WCSH 6.  As noted in an earlier post, he’ll be the featured speaker at next week’s Fertile Ground Conference ‘08.
The Fundy Audubon Chapter of Maine Audubon will be holding its annual meeting on September 16th at the Cobscook Community [...]

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Week of Sept. 8th to Sept. 12th
The Enterprise has a story on Brockton (Massachusetts) High School students who have participated in Artists For Humanity’s programs and are now earning income off their artwork.
The Downeast Business Alliance (a division of the Washington Hancock Community Agency) has received a grant from the Maine Community Foundation to conduct [...]

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Week of Sept. 1st to Sept. 5th
Robert Chambers, co-founder and president of Bonnie CLAC (car loans and counseling) will be the keynote speaker at the FertileGround Conference 08: The Mystery of Sustainability on September 22-23 at the Spruce Point Inn in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
The creators of Zoey’s Room, a program operated by Platform Shoes Forum, [...]

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Week of Aug. 25th to Aug. 29th
Bonnie CLAC is profiled in Sentinel Source.com’s “Making a Difference” weekly feature.  The organization is also referenced in a Nashua Telegraph article on New Hampshire residents’ struggles with credit card debt.
ITNAmerica recently announced the launch of its ITNGreaterLA affiliate.
U.S. Senator Susan Collins recently toured Maine small businesses that have [...]

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Week of Aug. 18th through Aug. 22nd

Employees from Amica Mutual Insurance Company raised $10,000 at a fundraiser for Amos House.
The Building Materials Resource Center recently honored its two biggest donors.
Here’s an article on Chris Krauss, who has been hired to manage the Center for Maine Craft. And here’s an article about the rest area [...]

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Ted Regan has been a familiar face at the Great Bay Foundation since 2002, when we first funded Rippleffect, the youth development organization he co-founded that offers “learning adventures in living classrooms” to disadvantaged youth. Among Ted’s many accomplishments during his nine year tenure at Rippleffect was leading the successful effort to buy and [...]

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