Wednesday June 19th 2013

Tagged: volunteer

It’s cleanup time: April Stools Day

It’s cleanup time: April Stools Day
April 03, 2013

The spring cleaning is our responsibility. It’s a solid “thank you, ma’am” to Mother Nature (who, blizzards and spring snowfalls aside, is pretty darn good to us). Or if you prefer, consider it a down payment on the impending near-perfection that is a Maine summer. On Saturday, dog owners (and the people who love them) will spend the morning picking up what their four-legged sidekicks left behind. It’s April Stools Day, and cleanups are taking place at locations around Portland.

Buy with your time: MECA’s Yankee Swap Pop Up Shop

Buy with your time: MECA’s Yankee Swap Pop Up Shop
December 06, 2012

Using community service as currency is the concept behind the Yankee Swap Pop Up Shop, opening on Free Street from 6:30-9 pm during First Friday Art Walk. The one-night-only shop will sell handmade goods and art created by MECA students that can be purchased in exchange for volunteer time. Meaning you get the art without paying a penny. But you do have to give something: your time.

Waves of incoming grins: Special Surfer Night in Kennebunk

Waves of incoming grins: Special Surfer Night in Kennebunk
June 23, 2011

Special Surfer Night, hosted by Aquaholics Surf Shop in Kennebunk, has been introducing special surfers to the wonders of wave catching for the last five years. On those evening, the grinning faces outnumber the waves.