Passionate community builder, United Way of Southern Maine evangelist, grateful mom, lucky wife, global explorer, Mainer.
Portland, ME
Joined February 2009
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Thank you to @MaineMillennial and @JSpencerFleming for sharing your simple, powerful story about recognizing and managing depression.
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Thank you, @USChamber, for support of this common-sense effort to allow people to work.
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Join our team! We are seeking a Director of Public Policy and Advocacy and a Director of Grants. Apply by July 14: uwsme.org/careers
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Then they sat in the shade of a large tree and ate their chocolate ice cream cones together.
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A warm welcome to our new Board members! 👏
We look forward to working with these exceptional individuals to meet our community needs across housing, food security, education, and health.
ALT A grid of six headshots for: Micky Bondo, In Her Presence Dora Clements, Unum Robin LaBonte, York Hospital Nicole Devoe Lewis, Hannaford Supermarkets Jennifer McCarthy, Maine Medical Center Diane Small, Sanford Housing Authority
Thank you for hosting us @RepGolden as we visit Capitol Hill with our @UnitedWay colleagues from around the country. Great to meet with other Mainers at your coffee hour and talk about SNAP funding in the Farm Bill, and the Charitable Deduction.
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Want your team to feel more connected to each other and their jobs? Research by Professors @JeffreyPfeffer and @SaraJeanSinger says volunteer work is the answer.
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#AdvocacyAlert: LD 1799 would increase access to high-quality preschool in Maine communities, setting Maine kids on a path to success. 📣 Ask Maine Legislators to support this bill with one easy click: p2a.co/nuf2hv6
Thrilled to hear from @SenAngusKing for the Hussey Leadership Institute talk on Leadership. “Empathy is an essential Leadership quality.” @USouthernMaine
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The Colby College community is mourning the loss of its longest-serving president, who died on his 87th birthday.
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This important story on youth homelessness shows the complex and heartbreaking layers that weigh down and crush some of our community’s kids.
Kids. Children.
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This is common sense and would help vulnerable people and our economy. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻📢📢📢
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One-size-fits-all solutions don’t usually work for complex challenges.
This thoughtful piece illuminates our need for more strategic thinking and targeted approaches to support people who do not have shelter.
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#8 in Best Places to Live in the US
Not bad....
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Devastating. And terrifying.
Nearly 1/3 high school girls reported seriously considering suicide in 2021, up almost 60% in 10 years.
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Grateful for all the communities taking action to protect our most vulnerable neighbors.
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65 emergency beds set up at the Salvation Army Gym in Portland off Cumberland Ave.
Doors will open 3p tomorrow to help unhoused people escape the deadly cold. @newscentermaine
