The MaineSeaCoast Mission Centennial Report

The Maine Sea Coast Mission 127 West Street, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 Telephone: 207-288-5097 www.seacoastmission.org Our Mission Is helping people one of your missions in life?

There are many ways you can help the Maine Sea Coast Mission help children, families, and seniors in need. The Maine Sea Coast Mission is a non-denominational, nonprofit Visit us on the web at: www.seacoastmission.org organization that serves as a source of hope, encouragement, and strength for individuals, families and communities from By mail: Please make checks payable to “Maine Sea Coast Mission” and mail to the following address: mid-to Downeast coastal Maine. Rooted in an inclusive Christian The Maine Sea Coast Mission 127 West Street ministry of compassion and justice, the Mission delivers critical Bar Harbor, ME 04609 services to those most in need while striving to redress the root By phone: Please call (207) 288-5097 or 1-888-824-7258. Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, causes of those needs. and Diner’s Club are accepted.

Gifts of Stock: Please call the Mission at (207) 288-5097 for delivery instructions. The Mission’s ongoing outreach helps people who are struggling Planned giving opportunities: Planned gifts prolong your support of the Mission’s work indefinitely, ensuring that ever with dwindling educational resources, increased housing costs increasing numbers of Maine’s coastal and island residents will know the Mission as their partner in weathering life’s and lack of available housing, marginal health insurance or none challenges. Through planned giving, members and supporters of the Mission have the opportunity to reduce the taxable amount of their estates and to help secure the Mission’s future at the same time. at all, minimal access to medical and geriatric care, alcohol and drug abuse, and teen pregnancy and suicide. Programs and ser- The Mission as Beneficiary: Naming the Maine Sea Coast Mission as beneficiary of an IRA, life insurance policy or investment account is as easy as notifying your account or policy manager of your wishes. Some individuals establish vices include church and pastoral work, financial and medical life insurance policies with the intent of leaving the Mission a larger sum at the end of their lives than they would be able to contribute during their lifetime. assistance, a food bank, recycled clothing shop, youth programs, and ministries in the field. Naming the Mission in your will: Adding a sentence to your will instructing that a specified dollar amount or per cent age of your residuary estate be given as a charitable contribution to the Maine Sea Coast Mission will result in a gift that will both reduce estate taxes and help the Mission to extend its future outreach. Real estate and investment securities also can be designated as gifts to the Mission through your will.

Donations of Food, Recycled Clothing, and Christmas gifts: Donations of unwrapped food items for our Food Pantry, cloth- ing in good condition for our Thrift Shop, and new unwrapped gifts for our Christmas Program always are gratefully appreci- ated throughout the year. Please drop off items at the Mission House, 127 West Street in Bar Harbor, or ship/mail to Maine Sea Coast Mission, 127 West Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609. If you have questions, please call (207) 288-5097 or 1-888-824-7250 (toll free). Ms. Betty Egner Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mackintosh Sigma Kappa Sorority Delta Delta Mr. and Mrs. William D. Eisele Ms. Rebecca MacQuinn Sigma Kappa Theta Alpha Ms. Cynthia L. Ellis Ms. Shirley Marden Sigma Kappa UNCC Mrs. Celia P. Emmons Mr. and Mrs. John Marshall Sigma Kappa Zeta Iota Ms. Beth Ennis Mr. and Mrs. Tom Martin Sigma Kappa Zeta Pi Mr. James R. Fahey and Mrs. Eileen Ms. Nancy McBride Sigma Kappa Zeta Upsilon Chapter McGlinchey Fahey Mrs. Louise McGarvey Sigma Kappa, Athens, TN Ms Genevieve Ferguson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McIntyre Sigma Kappa, Babson Park MA First Baptist Church Tuesday Mission Work Circle Ms. Enid K. McNeally Sigma Kappa, Bowling Green, KY First Church in Belfast MDI YMCA Sigma Kappa, Chattanooga, TN First Congregational Church Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Metcalf, Jr. Sigma Kappa, Chesapeak, VA First Congregational Church Mrs. Lisa B. Miller Sigma Kappa, Dallas, TX First Congregational Church Ms. Susan W. Mitchell Sigma Kappa, Elon NC Ms. Barbara Fleming Nobleboro Maine Extension Sigma Kappa, Gray, TN Ms. Ruth Foster North Deering Congregational Church Sigma Kappa, Huntington, CA Dear Friends, Ms. Nikki Fox North Haven Baptist Church Sigma Kappa, La Verne, CA Dr. and Mrs. Richard R. Fox Ms. Sarah Newgent Sigma Kappa, Peoria, IL Ms. Marianna Fox Oakfield Baptist Church Women Sigma Kappa, Springfield, MO Mr. Kenneth Fox Ms. Mary B. Opdyke Sigma Kappa, Tom's River, NJ Sigma Kappa, Ypsilanti MI Angus and Alexander MacDonald, the founders of the Maine Sea Coast Mission, could not have imagined today's Ms. Ruth B. Silsby Mr. Carter Sio social and economic landscape in Downeast Maine when they began reaching out to the remote coastal and island Ms. Louise Smith and Family Mr. and Mrs. Chadbourn H. Smith Smithfield Avenue Church communities in 1905. They could not have anticipated the complex problems facing these communities today such as Southwest Cycle Southwest Harbor Animal Shelter Myrtle R. Speer teen suicide and drug abuse. However, they could clearly see that their neighbors in these scattered places were Mrs. June Byrne Spencer Ms. Kathy St. Garmain Ms. Susan Stanwood Clark struggling to meet basic human needs due to their limited income and their geographical isolation. Mr. and Mrs. Rick Starbird Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan Steele Mr. Robert Stevens In 1905, traveling in the sloop Hope, Alex, with Captain T.H. White surveyed the populated islands and the Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Stevenson Ms. Margaret J. Stiassni-Sieracki Mr. John Stillman lighthouse outposts and discovered what they called "grinding economic conditions." From their vision of reaching Mr. and Mrs. William J. Strawbridge Friendship Circle of Carmel Oriental Trading Company, Inc. Mr. Fred Strout Mr. and Mrs. Rob Fry Merry Ossenheimer Sugarloaf USA out to these lonely places, grew what is now the Maine Sea Coast Mission. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Fuerst Ms. Judi Ozuransky Mr. and Mrs. Martin Sullivan Mr. Dale Genimatas Mr. Richard G. PanKuch and Mrs. Donna Smith Sunday River Mrs. Phillip Geyelin Mr. James M. Parrish The Congregational Church in So. Glastonbury Many individuals, churches, groups, foundations, and businesses have joined the Mission over the past Ms. Louise Gibson McGarvey Ms. Rebecca B. Patel The Crocker House Inn Ms. Vivienne Gordon Mrs. Harriet Pendleton The Dover Church Mr. and Mrs. Gordan Graham Ms. andrea Perry Gilmantown Community Church 100 years to make possible the development of programs that meet the changing needs of these communities. In 1946, Mrs. Cornelia Greaves Bates Ms. Lin Peyton The Swan Agency Jessie Greenbaum Phippsburg Unity Circle Mrs. Ruth Thibodeau the Sunbeam delivered gifts and oranges at Christmas time. In 2004, the Sunbeam delivered a whole range of health Ms. Pat Greene Mr. and Mrs. N. Plankey Mrs. Linda B. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Gurtler Poggemeyer Design Group Inc. Ms. Carolyn Todd Mr. and Mrs. Brian E. Hamor Mr. Frank Pollien Trinity Lutheran Church of Boston services from telemedicine to programs such as W.I.C. (Women, Infants & Children), providing nutritional information Mr. and Mrs. Edd B. Hamor Poor Boy's Gourmet Dr. Carmen E. Trisler Ms. Cora Hancock Portland Yacht Ms. Kelly Trotter Harbor House Community Service Center Mrs. Virginia Putnam Mrs. George C. Twombly and supplements to young families. In 1919, the MacDonald brothers appealed to Maine preparatory schools to offer Mr. and Mrs. Albert Harmon Rag a'Muffin Doll and Quilt Shoppe Union Congregational Church Mr. and Mrs. Raymond W. Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Read United Baptist Church Mrs. Kenneth J. Hartwein Mr. and Mrs. Dean S. Read Ms. Jenny Vandenbosch scholarships to three children who attended Kent's Hill School, and in 2004, the Maine Sea Coast Mission provided Mr. Harry E. Haynes Mr. Robert Recholtz Carol and Ronald Varin Ms. Judith E. Hazen Rev. Daniel Ramm Lenore D. Voorhis-Hayden Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Healy Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Richards Ms. Nancy Vrotsos 69 college scholarships. J. Hernandez Ms. Edie Richardson Ms. Lois J. Wagner Ms. Ingrid Hill Mrs. Edith Rickards Wallace Interiors Mr. Richard Hinkley Mr. and Mrs. Eric Rodick Mr. Richard H. Wammock This Centennial Report celebrates the accomplishments of those who have contributed their time, energy, Dr. and Mrs. John P. Hoche Sarah Kempema-Parkman Center Mrs. Theo Wandak Knowles Mr. and Mrs. Steve Homer Ms. Ellen Savage Ms. Kristina Wardwell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Hooven Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Savage Mr. Michael G. Waters and spirit to the growth and success of the Mission. It also serves as recognition for the many supporters and volunteers Hope Congregational Church Ms. Noelle Young-Bryant Mrs. Marguerite I. Watson Ms. Mary Hornsby Ms. Leora N. Horning Ms. Mary N. Watson Ms. Cynthia Huntington Ms. Susie Seavey Mr. and Mrs. Caspar Weinberger whose efforts fuel the dynamic programs that we offer today. We have much to celebrate, and much to work towards to Ms. Betty Hurley Mr. George Seavey Ms. Gladys Werkley Dr. Frederick Hutchinson Second Congregational Church of Norway Mr. and Mrs. Ned Wharton Jeff Dobbs Productions, Inc. Mr. Paul S. Selya Mr. and Mrs. Wierenga continue fulfilling the vision of Angus and Alex who selflessly began this work 100 years ago. John Williams Boat Company Slira Shanahane Mrs. Alice Wiggin Ms. Sandy Johnson Mrs. Clare Shepley Ms. Joan Wiggin Ms. Carol Jones Sigma Kappa Alpha Chi Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jones Sigma Kappa Alumnae of Central Florida Mrs. Eleanor Williams Miss Gwendolyn Kelley Sigma Kappa Alumnae of NYC Window Panes Mr. and Mrs. Terrance J. Kelley Sigma Kappa Beta Ms. Margaret Winship Keyword Association, Inc. Sigma Kappa Beta Tau Chapter Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Woodward Ms. Marilyn S. Kitler Sigma Kappa Beta Upsilon Mrs. Kelly Worrell Knoxville Alumnae of Sigma Kappa Sigma Kappa Beta Upsilon Ms. Frances Young Mr. and Mrs. Ted Koffman Sigma Kappa Buffalo Alumnae Ms. Lucia Young Ms. Cheryl Kolodziej Sigma Kappa Central Michigan University Mrs. Joyce Young Ms. Anne Kozak Sigma Kappa Central Ohio Alumnae Chapter Ms. Roberta S. Kuriloff Esq. Sigma Kappa Cincinnati-Area Alumnae Chapter Mrs. Melissa Ladenheim Sigma Kappa Delta Eta, Warrensburg MO Fred Hutchinson Gary A. DeLong Mr. and Mrs. Philip B. Lape Sigma Kappa Gamma Phi Mr. and Mrs. Casey Lavin Sigma Kappa Grand Valley State University President Executive Director Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lehmann Sigma Kappa Lambda Mr. Christopher V. Lembo and Ms. Gina G. Gambali Sigma Kappa of Chicago Mr. and Mrs. John Linder Sigma Kappa of North Metro Atlanta Alumnae Ms. Amanda Lyons Sigma Kappa Raleigh Machias Savings Bank Sigma Kappa Sorority

20 Mr. and Mrs. John C. Wellington Gifts in Memory Mr.and Mrs. Brad Wellman Mr. William Barter Mr. and Mrs. Bruce M. Wentworth Mr. Arthur Beal Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wentz Robert and Lois Booth Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. Werner Elizabeth Bousfield Ms. Nancy N. West Neal Bousfield Mr. and Mrs. William West Katherine C. Brengle Centennial Overview W. Brooksville Congregational Church Ms. Betsy Burr Mr. and Mrs. D. Bradford Wetherell Mrs. Miriam E. Canon Mr. and Mrs. Ned Wharton Mr. George Cherry & Dr. Marianna Cherry Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Whitehouse Sarah Cinelli Two clergy brothers, Angus and Alexander MacDonald, stood atop Mr. and Mrs. Gregg S. Whitney Gordon Dobson Ms. Judith Whitney-Blake Merrill H. and Dorothy Dooey Cadillac Mountain and looked out over the islands in Frenchman's and Ms. Isabel Wier and Ms. Bernice Wier Miss Ellen Thayer Duncan Mr. and Mrs. Warren Williams Annie Cheves Farson Blue Hill Bays with a vision of serving the isolated coastal communities. Wilson Memorial Chapel Harold and Fannie Finnimore Ms. Mary Ann Wockenfuss Charles Fuller Woman's Union of the First Baptist Church of The programs that have since developed from their passion and foresight Thelma Gray Waterville Ed Greaves Women's Fellowship Mrs. Frank J. Hague, III have grown and changed to meet the changing needs of people living in Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan P. Wood Rev. Stanley Haskel Ms. Margot A. Woolley Ms. Barbara B. Henry coastal Downeast Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Worcester Danny Hoskins Mr. and Mrs. Eugene R. Woturski Milton Hultman Dr. and Mrs. Richard P. Woychik Marion and Donald Kimball W. P. Starkey Foundation Mrs. Julia Knickerbocker Rev. and Mrs. George Zabriskie Nevin Beugur Angus MacDonald In 2004, the Thrift Shop underwent a renovation and reorganization Ms. Karen O. Zimmerman Big Woods Congregational Church Cecil MacDonald Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Zinn Ms. Jacqueline C. Bolt Norman and Lowell MacDonald Mrs. Jane S. Zirnkilton Mrs. Charlotte T. Bordeaux to better suit the available space and to better serve the community. Ethel Mackenzie Ms. Karen D. Zukerman Ms. Emily Bracale Paul Malicote The Christmas Program, under new direction, was also reorganized in Ms. Jerri Brandt Memorial Funds, Trusts, and Bequests Charles McMichael Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Breedlove Clifton Morong Austin and Ruth Robinson Perp. Trust Mr. and Mrs. Ted Bromage it's space on the third floor of the Mission House. The EdGE after-school Catherine Alice Gunn Trust Clifton and Robert Morong Ms. Eleanor Brown Edward B. Mears Trust Suzanne Oldfield Mr. and Mrs. Mark Brown program developed new initiatives such as Mentoring and Community Estate of Cornelia Rossi Mr. Matthew Owen Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brown Estate of Elizabeth Long Burr Mrs. Sally Owen Mr. E.A. Brown Courses involving students with their communities and giving them Eugene B. Hamilton Trust Helen Padelford Ms. Shelli Butz Frances Graves Perpetual Trust Fund Mr. Dwight E. Sargent Ms. Anita Cahill Mr. and Mrs. Roderic M. Scott opportunities to communicate their hopes and dreams. Jo Anne Olmsted Trust Mr. and Mrs. John Carman Lawrence Family Trust Mr. and Mrs. Paul Starkey Ms. Elizabeth Carter Leah K. Daniels Bequest Izora E. Stephens Castlemaine Inn Marion B. Hamilton Trust Mary S. Enk Trust The Island Health Services expanded and planned for the future Matilda Markoe Memorial Fund Mrs. Barbara B. Henry Angus MacDonald through the help of a Maine Health Access Foundation grant. Working with Ms. Helen West Pauline Dunn Trust islanders and healthcare providers, the program will better meet the needs Ray G. Marston Trust Wyman and Della Whitney Trust Fund expressed by those served by the Sunbeam. The year 2004 also offered Matching Gift Companies Bank of America several major fundraising events such as the Ashley Bryan Event on the Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation General Electric Mission House lawn attended by almost 700 people, and the Sunbeam GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Pfizer Foundation Awards Gala, which honored local philanthropist F. Eugene Dixon and Gifts in Honor Mrs. Clara Bonell community leader Jill M. Goldthwait for their many wonderful contribu- Stephanie Briggs Mr David H. Burr Polley Forbes Johnson Storey Mr. David Cech tions in Downeast Maine. Carolyn Charles Geraldine Turner Ms. Ellen Church Maysie Childs Dr. Richard Weckstein Cityside Yarn Company Marie Louise Cyr Clayton and Nina Young Ms. Susan Clark Jeanne Gloria Decker Coastal Kayaking Tours and Acadia Bike and Canoe While the first one-hundred years of the Maine Sea Coast Mission Mrs. F. Talbot Emery Gifts In-Kind Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Colburn Mr. Skip Fraley Aaria Corkum Estate Colgan Air/US Airways Express Mr. Norman B. Gardner Acadia Carpet Care Mr. and Mrs. Tristram C. Colket, Jr. have given us much to celebrate and much to be thankful for, they have Cornelia Greaves Bates Acadia Corporation College of the Atlantic Linda Greenlaw Acadia Council South Bristol Congregational Church also given us much to live up to in the future. Miss Frances Grindell Acadia National Park Conners-Emerson PTSA Mr. Lee Grinnell Mr. Harry B. Adams Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Cook Mrs. Linda Hargraves Ms. Phillida Alcantar CorpCare Distributions, Inc. Ms. Judy Hasey Nisbett Mr. and Mrs. P.K. Allen Mr. Donald Cousins The many historic photographs included in this report were Mr. Robert Hill Ms. Tina Alley Crystal Limousine Mr. Eastham Hockmeyer Mr. and Mrs. William S. Arata Mrs. V. J. Cummings Mr. George Hoffman Ms. Judith Ashley and Mr. Howard Reed Ms. Penny Curtis carefully catalogued and preserved by Marianne Barnicle, who has Theodore Hoskins Mr. and Mrs. Johnathan Ayer Ms. Esther Curtis Rev. Malcolm A. Hughes Ms. Tina Baker Ms. Eileen Cutting John Kazatow volunteered countless hours to preserve our history. We are deeply Ms. Laura Bannister Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dalch Ms. Cathy Lewis Bar Harbor Inn Mrs. Barbara H. Davis Louise Gibson McGarvey indebted to Marianne for her tireless efforts. Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Barrett III Ms. Mimi de Vries Rev. and Mrs. Walter Menzel Ms Carol R. Beal Dead River Company Mr. Scott Olson Alexander MacDonald Mr. Bob Beallor Rev. and Mrs. Gary A. DeLong Loretta Schmidt Ms. Leigh Beatty Mr. and Mrs. Peter Deraney Ms. Haadi Shaw Mr. and Mrs. C. Ronald Bechtle Mr. Harold W. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Di Ruggiero Mr. and Mrs. Eric Beckjord Ms. Marjorie Dole Ted Spurling Mr. Mike Begley Ms. Ann Sullivan Mr. Peter Dolliver Mrs. Nevin Bengur Mr. Mike Donahue Mr. Charles H. Tibbits Miss Kris Bennett Mr. Jimmi Van Keuren Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church Ms. Karen Berner Ms. Bettina Dudley Lynn and Beverly Willsey Mr. and Mrs. Dana Berry Mr. Dana Witham Ms. Freda Dunlap Mr. and Mrs. Martin Berry Eden Nursery School 2 19 Ms. Carol D. Lake Ms. Priscilla Schummrick Lamplighters of Shapleigh Corner Ms. Evelyn C. Schwager Mr. and Mrs. John Lape Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery A. Scott Mr. and Mrs. Ernest M. Lape Mr. and Mrs. R. MacDonald Scott Mrs. John W. Lapsley Seacoast Senior Citizen's Club Mrs. Persis G. Laverack Second Christian Church of Kittery Mr. Jon R. Doyle Ms. Tracy Shaffer Greg and Kim Lebarron The Rev. Martha B. Shaw Emergency Financial Assistance Ms. Leila Lenagh Sheperd of the Hills Lutheran Church Mr. Jay Levey and Ms. Karen Glass Mrs. Clare Shepley Mr. and Mrs. Scott C. Lewis Andrea G. Shirley Ms. Rosalind Lewis Sigma Kappa Chapter of Central Florida Difficult living conditions have always been a focus of Mission Lighthouse Counseling Center Sigma Kappa Ocean Area Alumnae Mr. and Ms. Richard W. Lindberg H.T. Silsby resources. With a rise in oil prices affecting everyone's budgets, 2004 Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Lindsey Ms. Molly N. Singerling Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lingel Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Siple proved to be challenging for many trying to pay bills and survive. The Mr. and Mrs. John Linnehan Mr. and Mrs. John Smith Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Loring Mr. Frank W. Smith Emergency Financial Assistance Program provided help to 80 house- Lovell United Church Of Christ Smithwick and Mariners Insurance, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Prescott K. Low Mr. and Mrs. A. Leroy Snable holds in Washington County, 37 households in Hancock County and, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lowell, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Richard Snodgrass Mrs. Lorraine Lowell Somesville Union Meeting House through the generosity of five Mount Desert Island churches, provided Mr. and Mrs. Cecil E. Macdonald Ms. Heather Sorokin Mr. and Mrs. James G. Macdonald Women's Association additional support to 32 families in need. This program, in conjunc- Mr. and Mrs. Gary Macdonald Ms. Ruth M. Sowash Mr. and Mrs. Kevin MacDonald Mr. and Mrs. George L. Spaeth tion with the Thrift Shop, Island Health Services, Food Pantries, and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth MacDonald Mr. and Mrs. Donal B. Murphy Mr. Alexander H. Spaulding Ms. Katherine MacDonald and Ms. Judith McMoran Dr. and Mrs. James S. Murphy Ms. Ida L. Spooner Mr. Nigel S. Macewan Mr. David B. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Sprowl the outreach of island Partner Churches assists families and individu- Mr. F. Ben MacKinnon National Assoc. of Congregational Churches St. Philip's Episcopal Church Ms. Caroline Macomber Mr. Benjamin R. Neilson St. Thomas Parish als to meet basic needs. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald P. MacQuinn Mr. and Mrs. Peter Newell Mr. Michael Stairs The Rev. David A. Macy Ms. Susan C. Newhouse and Mr. Charles S. Mr. and Mrs. C. William Stamm The spirit of Alexander MacDonald is especially evident in this program. He served as a Mr. Crawford C. Madeira, Jr. Randall Mr. and Mrs. G. Wade Staniar Mrs. Jackson T. Main The Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Niblock Ms Pauline Stanley missionary in rural Washington State and became a valuable asset as a spiritual leader, carpenter, Maine Distributors Mrs. Albert L. Nickerson Mr. and Mrs. Rick Starbird The Rev. Calvin S. Malefyt North Parish Congregational Church Dr. and Mrs. T. Douglas Stenberg diesel mechanic, and Justice of the Peace. He often traveled from Head Harbor Island Downeast Mrs. Shirley I. Marden Ms. Christine R. Norton and Mr. Thomas Gridley Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Sterling Mr. James W. Marshall, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Okun Mr. and Mrs. John P. Stevenson westward to Casco Bay providing compassionate outreach through medical and financial assis- Mr. and Mrs. John H. Mathieson Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Oldfield Mr. and Mrs. Albert Stewart Mrs. Adrienne Maxwell Mr. Robert Olney and Ms. Catherine Richards Rev. Nadine and George Strout tance. He built schools, churches, and roads, touching the lives of thousands of islanders Dr. and Mrs. S. Allan McAllister Ms. M. Susan Olson Mr. and Mrs. Brewster Sturtevant Mr. and Mrs. William A. McAneny Mr. W. Kent Olson Ms. Barbara A. Sullivan and coastal residents. Ms. Jennifer P. McCracken Reverand and Mrs. Larney Otis Mr. and Mrs. Owen Sutton Mr. M. J. McIssac and Ms. Trisha Rhodes Mr. and Mrs. Lambert B. Ott Rev. and Mrs. Ken Dutille Through the guidance of Terri Rodick and Reverend Martha Shaw, the Emergency Financial Ms. Margaret H. McKibben Mr. Harold Owen, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George Swanson Ms. Constance Packard Charlotte J. Sweet Memorial Fund Assistance Program impacted many lives in 2004. People call the Mission for help with heating Ms. Elizabeth M. Palen Mr. and Mrs. Marcus C. Sweet Dr. and Mrs. John E. Parker, Jr. Ms. C. Anne Swope Mr. Richard W. Pendleton Jr. Talcottville Congregational Church, Vernon fuel, electricity, rent, security deposits, school Mrs. George Pepper The Crocker House Inn Mr. John R. Perry Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davis clothes, food, prescriptions, water heaters, Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Peters The Holmes Agency Capt. and Mrs. Ambrose A. Peterson Jr. Home Depot USA insulation, frozen pipes, car repairs, and many Mr. and Mrs. Preston D. Phillips The Islesford Dock Restaurant Mr. and Mrs. David H. Pier The New England Confrence of the UMC other problems. A striking example of this aid Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Pierce Mrs. Elizabeth G. Norweb Dr. Richard N. Pierson Jr. The Reny Charitable Foundation is when the Mission was contacted by Sunrise Mr. Frank Pollien The Swan Agency Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Pooler The Third Congregational Church County Home Care. Poor Boy's Gourmet Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Thomas Presbyterian Women, 1st Presbyterian Church, Mrs. Sue Bagnall A debilitated Washington County man spent Williamson, NY Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Thompson Princeton Congregational Church Alix T. Thorne most of his time in bed due to his health and a Mrs. Mary S. Pringle Ms. Joan P. Tilney Mr. James C. Purvis Ms. Laurel H. Towers Sunrise County Home Care nurse provided his Rangeley Congregational Church Town Of Jonesport Mrs. Raymond Rappaport Town of Sorrento Ms. Rita A. Rawley Mr. and Mrs. Neil Tracy care. However, his home was in such ill repair, Mr. and Mrs. Dean S. Read Mr. Paul Trickett Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Read Trinity Episcopal Church that he could no longer use his bedroom and his Mr. Henry T. Reath Trinity Lutheran Church Mr. and Mrs. John P. Reeves Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Trotter bed had to be moved right next to the front door in his living room. The nurse working in his home Mrs. Sylvia B. Reeves Union Congregational Church Mr. Lee Robbins The Union Trust Company offered her husband's volunteer services to repair the home, but she could not supply the necessary Ms. Susan B. Roberts United Church of Christ Ms. Emily Roberts United Congregational Church building materials. By funding the materials to renovate his home, this man's quality of life was Mrs. Marion D. McKinney Mr. and Mrs. Bruce C. Robertson United Methodist Women of Gray Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. McLane Ms. Linda J. Robinson Mr. Jimmie V. Upham drastically improved. Lives have been changed with help from this program over the last 100 years. Mrs. Donald McLean Mr. and Mrs. John Robinson Ms Sally C. Vacca Mr.Timothy McNair Mr. and Mrs. Davis Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Richard Valentine Mr. John L. Merrill Jr. Ms. Carol Rush Mr. and Mrs. John Van Ness Mr. and Mrs. Charles Meyer Ms. Justine Russell Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Vaughan Top: Fishing communities, then and now, much like rural farming communities, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Miley, Jr. S.A.R.A. Committee Of Capitol Island Verizon Foundation Dr. and Mrs. David Miller Dr. and Mrs. Eckart Sachsse Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wakeman depend on seasonal, inconsistent income. Ms. Joan A. Mills Ms. Jo D. Saffeir and Mr. Kristian R. Carr Dr. and Mrs. Hallam Walker Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Mills Saint Brendan the Navigator Episcopal Church Mrs. C. Lee Walton, Jr. Ms. Verna Mitchell-Dobson Sallinen's, Inc. Ms. Doris Walton Bottom: Children on the islands often went to work Monhegan Community Church Mr. Peter B. Sang Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Warren at an early age to help support large families. Mr. Carl C. Monk Mr. William L. Saunders, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. W. Bell-Watkins Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Monroe Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Savage, Jr. Mrs. Charlotte C. Weber Drs. Jeffrey and Barbara Moore Mr. and Mrs. John V. Sawyer, II Mr. Michael Weinberg and Ms. Jeanne Rotunda Mr. Samuel G. Morrison Mr. and Mrs. Alden H. Sawyer Mr. and Mrs. Caspar Weinberger Mrs. Shaw Mudge Sawyer Memorial Congregational Church Mr. and Mrs. Herb Weiss 18 3 Ms. Ellen B. Baldwin Mr. and Mrs. Dennis S. Damon Ms. Susan Halby Mr. Markham Ball Ms. Peggy J. Danneman Mr. and Mrs. Merril M. Halpern Baptist Ladies Aid David Community Church Mr. and Mrs. L. Gordon Hamersley Jr. Bar Harbor Savings and Loan The Rev. Felix M. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Edd B. Hamor Ms. Lydia Barnes The Rev. George R. Dawson Mr. and Mrs. Morris C. Hancock Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Barrett Mr. Joseph P. Day Hancock Point Chapel Society Minister toCoastal Communities Mr. and Mrs. Brett A. Barrett Mr.and Mrs. John De Turris Hancock United Church Of Christ Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Bartlett Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson Debevoise Mr. and Mrs. Albert Harmon Mr. and Mrs. Vincent F. Karnila, Jr. Mr. Raymond J. Decker Mr. Caleb K. Harris and Fisheries Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beach Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Demuro Mrs. Alice B. Hartwell Ms Carol R. Beal Mrs. Josephine H. Detmer Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Hayes Mr. Randy M. Beal Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Dick Robert and Margery Healing Ms. Caroline G. Beckjord Mr. Richard Diamond Mr. Jim D. Heaton In the last one hundred years, the fishing industry has changed considerably. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Beede Humphrey and Elisabeth Doermann Mr. and Mrs. T.E. Heidenreich, Jr. Dr. Paul Beisswenger and Carolynne Krusi Mr. and Mrs. William F. Dohmen However, it is still the mainstay of the economy in Downeast Maine. Children are Mr. Robert Benchley Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Domine Mr. and Mrs. William Benjamin Mr and Mrs. Henry T. Donaldson brought up in and around boats and, for many, life as a fisherman Mr. and Mrs. Charles Benore Mr. and Mrs. W. Michael Donohoe, III Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bergeson Mr. and Mrs. John E. Drake is a foregone conclusion. Historically, the Gulf of Maine teemed Berkshire Community Church Mrs. Cassandra F. Drake Big Woods Congregational Church Mr. and Mrs. Ford B. Draper, Jr. with fish but as technology improved, the threat to fish stocks James G. and Carolyn Birmingham Foundation Mr. Edward P. Dudley Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bissell Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Duncan Mr. and Mrs. James G. Blaine Laura Bilby and J. Fenn Duncan grew until it became imperative to regulate the industry in order Mr. Peter P. Blanchard III Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Dunsmore Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Blank Mr. and Mrs. John Faulkingham for it to survive. For such independent communities, regulations Mr. and Mrs. Gordon D. Bok Mr. Jack Eaton Drs. Alan R. and Margaret Z. Booth Prof. and Mrs. Murray Eden from outside are not always openly accepted, but with the help Mrs. Charles Borda Congregational Church Of Edgecomb Mr. and Mrs. James E. Bousfield Mr. and Mrs. Colin Eggleton of liaisons such as Ted Hoskins, middle ground and often new Mr. John Brace Dr William L. Elkins Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel C. Bradley Ms. Betsy Elliman ground, is reached with patience and perserverance. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Brickfield Ellsworth Internal Medicine Dr. and Mrs. David C. Brooks Emmaus Lutheran Church Ted Hoskins served for many years as the minister aboard Mr. and Mrs. Burrow Brooks Mrs. Celia P. Emmons Dr. and Mrs. Harold F. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Emory Mr. and Mrs. Henry Russell the Sunbeam getting to know many islanders and sharing their Ms. Sylvia M. Erhart Ms. Elizabeth Hicken Mr. and Mrs. Frederic A. Eustis II High Street Congregational Church stories. He lives part time on Isle au Haut where he can see Mrs. Veronica C. Evering Ms. Alison D. Hildreth Ms. Audrey H. Farnsworth Ms. Deborah W. Hildreth first-hand how the fishing industry and their lives are affected by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Farson Mr. and Mrs. Winston Hindle Jr. Federated Church of Thomaston Mr. and Mrs. Herbert H.S. Hinman Mr. and Mrs. Bruce H. Fernald Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ho government regulations. He writes, “My assessment is that with- Ms. Lauri E. Fernald Dr. and Mrs. John P. Hoche Reverend Ted Hoskins works to out healthy fisheries, many of our coastal and island communities will have no alter- Mr. William C. Fernald Mr. and Mrs. Eastham Hockmeyer enhance communication between Mr. and Mrs. H. Allen Fernald Mr. and Mrs. Melville Hodder Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ferrara Ms. Nancy J. Hoeflich fishermen, conservationists, and native to becoming tourist traps for the summer traffic. Certainly tourism will not Mr. Fred J. Fields Dr. and Mrs. Myron A. Hofer policy makers. First Baptist Church Ms. Betsey Holtzmann only continue but increase, yet the very reason people like to come here (the work First Baptist Church of Arlington Mr. Glenn Hopkins First Baptist Church of Blue Hill Dr. and Mrs. William R. Horner ethic, the small family-owned fishing boats, a taste of real community) will be missing First Christian Church of Kittery Point Mrs. Nancy Houldin First Church in Belfast Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hoyt if we do not attend to the resource-based economic health of the com- First Church of Christ, Lynn Ms. Malen R. Hsu First Congregational Church, Hanover Marshall B Hughes munities. One of the main goals of my ministry is to instigate, enhance First Congregational Church, Scarborough Ms. Bobbie Lynn Hutchins First Congregational Church, South Paris Rev. and Mrs. Robert A. Ingraham and support community-based resource management within our fishing Women's Fellowship Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Ingram Mr. Thomas G. Brown Jr. First Congregational Church, Bingham Islesford Congregational Church communities and throughout the Gulf of Maine.” Mr. Willard W. Brown First Congregational Church, Bethel Mr. and Mrs. Dick Jackson Dr. and Mrs. John M. Bryan First Congregational Church of East Haven Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Dean Bryer First Congregational Church, UCC Mr. and Mrs. William Jewett Mr. and Mrs. William H. Buchanan, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Julian D. Fischer Mr. and Mrs. Oakley Johnson Ms. Laura Bullitt Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fish Mr. and Mrs. Michael Johnson Ms. Lucy A. Burr Ms. Marlene S. Folsom Mr. and Mrs. Allen S. Johnson Cafe Drydock and Inn Mrs. Elizabeth C. Forster Mr. John B. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Roc R. Caivano Ms. Ruth Foster Mr. and Mrs. Douglas C. Jones Mrs. Renwick K. Caldwell Freedom Charitable Foundation Jonesboro Union Church Mr. and Mrs. David A. Candelore Mr. and Mrs. Gary R. Friedmann Jonesboro Union Church Ladies Auxiliary Cappy's Chowder House Mr. and Mrs. Vance R. Frost Jordan's Restaurant and Variety Ms. Gail Caruso Ms. Nancy J. Gabrielson Mr. and Mrs. Spenser Joyce Castine Unitarian Church Mr. and Mrs. John M. Galipeau Dr. Steven Katona and Ms. Susan Lerner Mr. and Mrs. Alan C. Chapman Mr. Ed Ganz Mrs. Susan Katzev Mr. and Mrs. Morris Cheston Jr. Garden Club Of Mount Desert Mr. and Mrs. Art Kean Christ Church of Kennebunk Mr. Newell Garfield and Dr. Jane Garfield Mr. and Mrs. Terrance J. Kelley Christ Church Mrs. Barbara Vinal Gent Mr. and Mrs. John Kellogg Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Gilfillan Mr. and Mrs. James Kellogg Church of Universal Fellowship Ms. Linda Gillies Mr. and Mrs. James Kelly Shrimpers in the early days of the Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Cinelli Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Girvin Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Kelly Maine Sea Coast Mission. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Clark Ms. Jessie A. Godfrey Kennebunk Veterinary Hospital Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Clayton Ms. Anne Godfrey Mr. Dewey Kerr, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James C. Clunan Mr. Alan J. Goldstein Mr. William H. Killam Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Cohane Jr. Father James Gower Mrs. Evelyn L. King Mr. and Mrs. Ira G. Colby III Grace Linn Memorial Methodist Church Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence F. King Mr. and Mrs. Francis I. G. Coleman Mr. Philip Grausman Mrs. Howard T. Kingsbury Mr. John Collier and Mrs. Susan Ferrante-Collier Mr. and Mrs. Frederic E. Greenman Mr. and Mrs. Greg Kleine Congregational Church of Matinicus The Rev. and Mrs. J. Clark Grew Mr. Robert W. Knapp Donna Weigle and Rusty Crossman Congregational Church of Messiah Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Griffen Mr. and Mrs. Jack G. Knebel Thelma and Mr. Cossaboom Ms. Frances Grindell Ms. Wendy Knickerbocker lobster fishing on Swans Island ME. Mrs. Patricia A. Coston Groveland Congregational Church Mr. and Mrs. James Knight Ms. Priscilla C. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Gurtler Mr. and Mrs. Ted Koffman Mr. William N. Creasy Jr. Mr. Barry Gutradt Ms. Anne Kozak Mr. and Mrs. J. Max Creswell Mr. and Mrs. Paul Haertel Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Krause Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Curtis, II Ms. Mary R. Haines Ladies Circle United Parish of Harrison and North Bridgeton 4 17 Bar Harbor Inn 2004 Donors Bond Builders Dr. and Mrs. Robert Bone Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Breedlove Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Brenninkmeyer Mr. and Mrs. Ted Bromage Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas R. Burke Mr. Derek J. Burley and Mrs. Polly Hall-Burley Christmas Program Mrs. Henry D. Burrage Rev. John Collins Ms. Judy K. Collins As a time of giving, Christmas is especially poignant for families who have little Communities for Children and Youth Congregational Church of Needham Mr. and Mrs. Craig W. Cullen to give. With the help of the Sigma Kappa Sorority, the Christmas Program began Dr. Mary Cushman Circle Mr. and Mrs. David Davis as a way to provide for families on lighthouse outposts and islands. Sigma Kappa Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dickey, Jr. Mrs. C. Douglas Dillon provided new dolls and other gifts that children would not have otherwise received. Mr. Lawrence C. Eaton Ms. Jane Ellingwood In 2004, under the direction of the Christmas Coordinator, Julie Patton, the The Ellsworth American Mrs. John J. Emery Christmas Program distributed personalized gifts to almost 3,000 people. Their $100,000+ Mrs. Phillip Geyelin Mr. and Mrs. David P. Falck Barr Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon F. Goldthwait, Jr. First Baptist Church of Bar Harbor names and needs come from direct contact, other service agencies, and volunteer Mr. and Mrs. Tristram C. Colket, Jr. The Haffenreffer Family Fund First Congregational Church Mr. and Mrs. F. Eugene Dixon Mr. George Hambrecht Rev. and Mrs. Fred Foerster "elves" who are friends and neighbors of those served by the Mission. These volun- State of Maine Ms. Beverly Healy Dr. and Mrs. Richard R. Fox Heimbold Foundation Mr. and Mrs. W. West Frazier IV teers are by far the greatest strength of the Christmas Program. $25,000-$99,999 Mr. Horace Hildreth Mr. and Mrs. Frederick P. Hitz C.F. Adams Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. John F. Horton Mr. and Mrs. Evan Goley Gifts come from many donors and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harris Ms. Janet Hoyle Mr. John C. Hoffmann Dr. Frederick Hutchinson Lorraine F. Hubrich Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hosley, III businesses who sponsor toy drives and Maine Health Access Foundations (MeHAF) Jax Holiday for Kids and Community Mr. James R. Houghton Mrs. George C. Twombly Mr. and Mrs. Leslie A. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stanley send gifts from all over the country. Jordan-Fernald Funeral Home Ms. Sandy Johnson Mr. and Mrs. H. Lee Judd $10,000-$24,999 Kimball Shop and Boutique Sigma Kappa's continued involvement Bar Harbor Bank and Trust E. Robert and Margaret V. Kinney Fund Ms. Emily S. Lewis United Church of Christ Maine Conference Mrs. Charlotte T. Bordeaux Mr. and Mrs. Philip B. Lape includes sending presents and monetary Davis Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James Lewis Mrs. Jean P. Messex Dead River Company Mrs. Virginia B. Lloyd Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Meyer H. King and Jean Cummings Charitable Fund Machias Savings Bank Milbridge Congregational Church support for the program. These gifts Maine Community Foundation Maine State Troopers Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D.C. Morris Ms. Miriam Malkasian Morris Yachts, Inc. convey hope to many. One recipient $5,000-$9,999 Mr. and Mrs. John Marshall Ms. Janneke Neilson Bangor Savings Bank Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Keith Martin Mr. and Mrs. David W. Opdyke thanked the Mission and said, "You Child and Family Opportunities MBNA Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James Osterholt Colket Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert McKown Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Parker make the world good and caring." Mrs. Ruth B. Durfee Mr. and Mrs. Dana G. Mead Miss Claire A. Richardson The First Mr. Stephen G. Milliken Rockland Congregational Church Ms. Patricia Greaves Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Niemitz Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Rudolph Ms. Jennifer T. Greaves Mr. and Mrs. Chester E. Norris, Jr. Mr. Harry Russell, Jr. Mrs. Cornelia Greaves Bates North Haven Summer Services, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Schanck Ms. Anne S. Hannum Ms. Jane K. Pampalone Mr. Karl R. Schoettle Jr. Heimbold Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Nils P. Peterson Mr. Peter Schwab Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jones Phineas W. Sprague Foundation Mrs. Patricia G. Scull Mr. and Mrs. Gerrish H. Milliken Ms. Heather C. Poole Second Congregational Church Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Jon L. Prime Dale E. Sinclair Mrs. Frederick Parson Regional Medical Center of Lubec Mr. and Mrs. Chadbourn H. Smith Sigma Kappa Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Richards South Fork Baptist Church State Street Global Advisors Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Robinson Southern Ocean Christian Community Mr. Mark Rosborough Mr. Myron A. Sprague Jr $1,000-$4.999 Mr. Robert A. Roth St. Andrew's and St. John's Church Acadia Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Timothy P. Schieffelin Mr. and Mrs. W. Mead Stapler Annonymous (2) Mr. Henry L.P. Schmelzer and Ms. Cynthia Livingston Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan Steele Dr. Charles B. Alexander Second Baptist Church Sewing Society The First Church of Christ in Longmeadow Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation Karen Sharpe and Jefferson Dobbs The Womens Fellowship Atlantic Oakes By The Sea Ms. Charlotte B. Sidell Mrs. Linda B. Thompson Mr. Alan L. Baker Ann R. Soltesz Rev. Drs. Burton and Ansley Throckmorton Sunbeam IV delivers practical Christmas gifts. Bangor Savings Bank Squirrel Island Chapel Assn. Mr. and Mrs. William C. Trimble, Jr. Bar Harbor Congregational Church Afternoon St. Mary St. Judes Rectors Discretionay Fund Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Tyson, Jr. Auxiliary St.Saviour's Episcopal Church Mr. Charles O. Verrill Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Bass Mr. and Mrs. William Stewart Mr. and Mrs. George Wallis Mr. and Mrs. Fred Benson Mr. Robert D. Stillman Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Whittier Linda Cabot Black Isabel F. Thacher Rev. Michelle Wiley and Mr. David Arey Mr. Curtis L. Blake The Congregational Church in So. Glastonbury Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Williams Mrs. Vickie L. Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Tucker Mr. Stuart Woods Mrs. Margaret Buchanan Union Trust Company Nancy C. Woodward Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Butler Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Wyeth Mr. Charles C. Butt Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Wakeman Ms. Elaine Young Christ Church of Dark Harbor Washington County Extension Association Coastal Ventures Mr. and Mrs. Gavin H. Watson, Jr. $100-$499 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Colburn Mr. and Mrs. John W. L. White Miss Sarah Abbot Mr. and Mrs. Lester Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Williams Acadia Senior College Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Cook Window Panes Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Adelman CorpCare Distributions, Inc. Mr. Thomas K. Yoder Ms. Laura Aiello David Rockefeller Fund, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Allen Rev. and Mrs. Gary A. DeLong $500-$999 Capt. and Mrs. David T. Allen Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church A.C. Fernald Sons, Inc. Mrs. Ruth C. Amrein Mr. and Mrs. Wesley N. Dudley Arthur Vining Davis Foundation Miss Kathleen Andrews Santa Claus traveled aboard the Sunbeam for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon I. Erikson Mr. Harry B. Adams Sumner Andrews Ethel D. Colket Foundation Ms. Phillida Alcantar Mr. Sterling Andrus First Congregational Church Of Westfield All Saints' Episcopal Church Ms. Anne E. Aubry Florence V. Burden Foundation Ashville Community Church Mrs. Marjorie C. Bailey Ms. Ruth F. Bannister Ms. Dina L. Baker 16 5 Ministries to Coastal Islands Board of Directors Staff and Communities Officers Mission House Headquarters, Bar Harbor Frederick Hutchinson Rev. Gary A. DeLong, Executive Director As seasoned ministers in 1905, both Alexander President Linda Boisvert, Receptionist Jill M. Goldthwait Elsa Gettleman, Director of Finance and and Angus MacDonald saw the hardships that were Administration Vice President Molly B. Hamor, Development Associate unanswered in small communities that did not have Chadbourn H. Smith Kathy Jaensch, Financial Assistant consistent spiritual guidance or a church to share in Secretary/Clerk Julie Patton, Christmas Program Phillip B. Lape Coordinator Christian fellowship. Alice Peasley, teacher and Treasurer Stephen H. Richards, Director of missionary, wrote a stirring first account of a baptism Development Charles B. Alexander Terri W. Rodick, Executive Assistant performed on Crowley’s Island: Alan L. Baker George Seavey, Property Manager Curtis L. Blake Ruth M. Colket Sunbeam "Coming ashore, the Missionary Pastor Warren C. Cook David Allen, Captain Dennis Damon Elizabeth Allen, Steward (Alexander MacDonald) was greeted by every soul on Charles K. Foster, Jr. Rev. Robert Benson, Pastor to the Outer Theodosia J. Gray the island. Men, women, children, and at least one cat. Islands Cornelia Greaves Bates Sharon Daley, RN, Telemedicine Services After greeting everyone he climbs the hill to Blair H. Lee Judd Coordinator Tony C. McKim Michael T. Johnson, Engineer Cottage to consult the resident worker about plans Justine M. Morris Chester E. Norris, Jr. for the morrow. Every adult person on the island, but one is to come into the Weald Bethel Office, Cherryfield John E. Parker Rev. Martha B. Shaw, Pastor and Program Christian Brotherhood on confession of faith. Timothy P. Schieffelin Director Henry L. P. Schmelzer Laurie Merchant, Showroom Supervisor, 'Are you sure that they really understand; that it is the Linda B. Thompson Thrift Shop real thing with them?' he asks. Ansley C. Throckmorton Marilyn Nickson, Manager, Thrift Shop Lynda Z. Tyson Gena Norgaard, Manager, Food Pantry 'Well,' answered the worker, 'Ada assures me that she just Douglas Williams Scott Shaw, Property Manager as 'lieves as not - and Big Ann is so completely in ernest that Honorary Directors EdGE Program, Washington County she has promised to give up fighting. The others are eager to Gordon I. Erikson Charles R. Harrington, Project Director Christopher Hutchins Wendy Harrington, Adult and Community join, but their reactions are rather vague. You see, not a soul Coordinator on the island has ever seen a baptism - nor known about the Morgan L. Adams, Site Coordinator Flora Brown, Site Coordinator communion.' " Jordan Clark, Site Coordinator Ashley DeRosier, C4CY, VISTA Maria Hall, Administrative Assistant - Alice M. Peasley Kristen Igielski, Americorps Justin M. Lohwater, Site Coordinator Timothy Schnieder, Site Coordinator

Island Partner Congregations Above: Island boy has opportunity Rev. Michelle Wiley-Arey, Minister, to play the harp on a Sunbeam trip. Vinalhaven Union Church Rev. Ken Dutille, Minister, Swans Island Baptist Church Rev. David Macy, Minister North Haven Baptist Church Left: Church and parsonage at Rev. James Weathersby, Minister Cranberry Island. Second Baptist Church, Islesboro

Coastal Communities and Fisheries Rev. Theodore Hoskins

6 15 Statement of Financial Position

The financial information presented below is derived from the Maine Sea Coast Missions's financial statements, audited by Foster, Carpenter, Black & Co., LLP, It was later reported that "Religion has sure struck Crowley. Certified Public Accountants, of Bangor, Maine. Copies of the full report may be There ain't been a fight there in weeks." The Mission continues obtained by contacting the Mission at (207) 288-5097. to provide a sense of unity, fellowship, and a welcoming pillar of support on the islands and in coastal communities of 2004 2003 Assets Washington County. Investments $23,803,469 $19,290,008 The Maine Sea Coast Mission now works in partnership Other Current Assets $85,837 $150,137 Fixed Assets $2,216,570 $2,189,044 with the North Haven Baptist Church served by Reverend David Total Assets $26,105,876 $21,629,189 Macy, Second Baptist Church of Islesboro served by Reverend James Weathersby, Swans Island Baptist Church served by Liabilities and Net Assets Liabilities $652,150 $264,800 Reverend Ken Dutille, and the Union Church of Vinalhaven Net Assets $25,453,726 $21,364,389 served by Reverend Michelle Wiley. The Mission also provides a Total Liabilities and Net Assets $26,105,876 $21,629,189 Pastor to the Outer Islands, Reverend Rob Benson, who brings Statement of Activities pastoral care and community support to those islands not Total Income $5,221,357 $1,640,806 Investment Gains (Losses) $1,227,736 $2,574,487 served by a full-time minister: Frenchboro, Isle au Haut, Matinicus, Monhegan, and Great Total Expenses $2,359,755 $2,025,471 Cranberry Island. All of the ministers go beyond traditional ministry to meet the needs of their Prior Period Adjustment $0 $399,589 Increase (Decrease) in Total Net Assets $4,089,338 $2,589,411 communities. Hosting church suppers, serving as first-responders on the ambulance, directing the school band, and providing cultural activities are just some of the ser- vices provided by the Maine Sea Mission Expenses Coast Mission partner ministers. Their enthusiasm and dedication matches that of Angus and Alexander MacDonald who spread compassion and justice through their Christian ministry, which con- Program $1,752,907 – (74%) tinues today at the Mission.

Administration $227,599 – (10%) Top: Reverend Rob Benson performs a wedding on Monhegan Fund Raising and Public Relations $379,249 – (16%)* Left: Reverend Ken Dutille inside the Swans Island Baptist Church

* During 2004, the Maine Sea Coast Mission launched a $12 million centennial capital campaign to expand and sustain its essential services to the children and families of Downeast Maine. A significant portion, $137,410, of the total fundraising expenses incurred in 2004 are attributable to the capital campaign.

14 7 Scholarships Thrift Shop

Providing a total of $65,000 to 69 students in 2004, the Mission helped to ease the People relied on the Sunbeam to bring financial burden of secondary education. The Mission's dedication to education began them much needed books, medicine, and general at its inception, when the MacDonald brothers and the Mission Board of Directors support. They began to associate the Mission with recognized the great need for better schools on the islands. help of all kinds. The distribution of clothing and Because there was no funding for teachers in some communities and because the other necessary items began as islanders found that living conditions were often not suitable to visitors, many islands did not have teach- they could rely on the Mission to provide for them in ers. By 1908, with the cooperation of the Maine State Superintendent of Schools, the times of economic hardship. The Mission archives Mission placed five teachers on outer islands. The schools showed considerable contain hundreds of letters appealing to the Mission for improvement. clothing. One such letter is particularly evocative of the One such teacher was Mrs. Alice M. Peasley who lived and worked way Downeast needs that were so keenly felt on the islands. on Crowley’s Island and who served the Mission for 30 years. She was well received A young girl of 14 used the backs of sardine can labels and became known as "Ma Peasley," teaching in several communities and becoming to write to the wife of Orville Guptill who served as the involved in all aspects of island life. Her dedication to her students and their rural Mission's superintendent from 1927-1936. Her endearing communities is exemplary of the Mission's dedication to education. spelling and grammar have not been edited. She wrote: Now, a Mission scholarship of $750 to $1,000 based on need and merit, helps stu- dents buy books and pay tuition as the cost of education rises each year. Overseen “Dear Mrs. Guptile, Letters such as this one are by a committee chaired by board member, Linda Thompson, and administered by My mother is sick and my father is to and I have to go to school. a prevalent feature of the Mission’s history of service. Terri Rodick, the Scholarship Program receives feedback such as, "Because people as And I would like to ask you if you would help me with a new clouth. kind as you show such selfless acts it I haven't any dresses to were to school and I have got 2 dresses I were to school and I have got one I were around allows people like me the opportunity to be home. I would like to have a pair of shoes and overshoes if you get them and I would like a pair of stockings to and great and I cannot thank you enough." The if you would you would help me a lots for I need them bad. I haven't any shoes to were to school my old shoes are success of this generous program lies in all I have and I have cold feet and wet feet every day. statements like this. The Scholarship If you would send them to me when I work my to weeks vacation I will send you 50¢ for your trouble. Christmas is Program makes a difference for many coming and we have not got nothing for Christmas. Mother and Dady is sick and Dady has no work and cant by us students every year. no Christmas things. I wish Santa Claus would not for get us we are poor and I would like for the children to have a good Christmas this year. No one to by us nothing.” Mrs. Alice Peasley with a classroom of students on Crowley’s Island. She goes on to say that she has four brothers and three sisters. As a fourteen-year-old, caring for her family of nine, she knew that her appeal to the Mission would not fall on deaf ears. This tradition has grown and the Mission now accepts gently used items for the Thrift Shop at Weald Bethel in Cherryfield. The Thrift Shop implemented changes in 2004 to help meet the costs of running the shop. After closing, re-designing, and re-organizing during the winter, the shop re-opened with a new pricing structure and a plan to sell the unsold items to a bulk buyer in New York. Over 94,000 items were distributed through the Thrift Shop in 2004. The Thrift Shop is also there for people in an emergency. The staff, led by manager Marilyn Nickson, and vol- unteers take great satisfaction in carefully packing a basic household package knowing that the recipient can unpack everything they need to make their bed and cook their first meal in their new home whether they have suf- fered a fire, are emerging from a shelter or have no economic foundation.

8 13 Food Pantry Edge Program

In times of economic hardship, the one necessity that no family can be without The EdGE is a relatively new program in the long history of the Maine Sea is food. The Food Pantry of the Maine Sea Coast Mission evolved from responding to Coast Mission. However, the Mission has always played a leading role in education individual requests to a regular pantry where households can apply for assistance. on islands and in coastal communities in Downeast Maine. Providing teachers, The pantry at Weald Bethel in Cherryfield provides school supplies, and an expanded curriculum, the Mission helped to much more than just food for many. bring consistent, dependable education where none had existed Gena Norgaard, the Food Pantry manager, before. Teachers also became involved in their small communities and knows that people also rely on the Food Pantry for emotional support and companionship. Recipients helped to provide Sunday school and summer vacation programs. As School children on Frenchboro circa 1912. often volunteer at the Pantry and other volunteers economies continue to change in Maine, educational enrichment is show up to share their talents, to help others, and to crucial to keeping these rural communities alive. make friends. In limited, seasonal economies, the Food Born out of a 2002 strategic planning process followed by exten- Pantry serves as a source for necessary food and as a sive research, the EdGE was the beneficiary of the passion and place to find acceptance. determination of the late Ed Greaves who loved the children of The 60-acre Weald Bethel property offers ample Washington County. The goals of the program include improving land for a garden, which thrives in the summer and academic performance, increasing allows the Food Pantry to provide fresh produce. In 2004, the Pantry distributed over 46,000 pounds of confidence, and building character through in-school, after-school, and summer food to one-hundred-fifty households per month. This programs offered in five schools to 5th through 8th grade students in Rena Norgaard stocks shelves food helps families to stretch their budgets and to provide adequate nutrition. Washington County. at Weald Bethel Food Pantry Noting the extreme seasonal fishing economy on Swans Island, Ken Dutille and The EdGE was evaluated in 2004 by a non-profit consulting team and the Volunteer Kathy Stanwood with EdGE working with EdGE student. the Swans Island Baptist Church looked to the Mission to help start a Food Pantry of results show that the EdGE is exceeding its program goals. The EdGE has nearly their own. Started in 2004, the Bread of Life Food Pantry on Swans Island helps over twice the national attendance level for out-of-school time programming. EdGE stu- 30 families who need food assistance to survive, especially in the winter months. dents are 33% more likely than non-EdGE students to look forward to school. The caring that is conveyed Furthermore, teacher surveys reveal that EdGE participants are 50% more likely with the food by the Food Pantry at Weald Bethel and than non-EdGE students to have improved their classroom attentiveness over the the Bread of Life Food Pantry last year. helps families to maintain EdGE students are clearly benefiting from EdGE's character education and their dignity and gives hope confidence-building components. They are three times less likely to have negative to those who need it most. self-image and more than twice as likely to have shown improvement in demon- strating kindness to others than non-EdGE students. In 2004, a mentoring program EdGE students working with robotics. was developed and community courses were offered to help retain older students. Activities such as Lego-Robotics and art projects culminating in a gallery show at the Maine Center for Contemporary Art expose students to technology and experiences that enrich their education in an environment that encourages them to Once thriving island general stores succeed. From one-room schoolhouses on far-flung islands, to schools in isolated provided almost anything islanders needed. Washington County, the Mission has always been committed to providing educa- tional opportunities for the future of these communities.

12 9 Island Health Services

Providing healthcare has always been By working together, the islands can maximize the impact of services provided through a priority for the Mission. Nurse Rebecca the Sunbeam and Island Health Service partners. While health concerns have changed in the M. Douglas was a Delano Nurse who, in last one hundred years, the caring staff of the Sunbeam has consistently addressed medical 1912, helped to lay the foundation for and emotional needs for those who can not easily reach their doctors, who may not have what is now the Island Health Services health insurance, or who are home bound in a remote community. of the Maine Sea Coast Mission. Her early trips to the islands identified tuber- culosis and other ailments that islanders did not know how to treat. The medical facilities provided by the Mission now travel aboard the Sunbeam and patients can meet their doctors via closed circuit television at this floating clinic. Islanders can now come to Nurse Sharon Daley on the Sunbeam for many diagnostic and routine medical services. In 2004, the Mission began planning a collaborative effort among the islands of: Monhegan, Vinalhaven, North Haven, Islesboro, Frenchboro, Isle Au Haut, Matinicus, Swans Island, and the follow- ing hospitals and clinics: Mount Desert Island Hospital, Maine Coast Memorial Hospital, Blue Hill Memorial Hospital, Vinalhaven's Islands Medical Center, Nurse Rebecca M. Douglas St. Joseph's Hospital, and Mid-Coast Mental Health. With the help of a Maine Health teaches hygene on Frenchboro. Access Foundation (MeHAF) grant, this coalition of islands and healthcare providers is looking at a wide range of health indicators based on a multi-faceted needs

assessment. They will develop a plan to address obstacles and opportunities Nurse Sharon Daley cares for a young island family on the Sunbeam. concerning healthy lifestyles and improved access to healthcare including behavioral and dental care.

The Mission was instrumental in helping families to overcome physical disabilitiies.

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