To the Editor: In the mid-1980s, David Murphy, SAD #44 school administrator and Bethel Rotarian, created one of the club’s most beloved projects, the Christmas for Children program. In its 35+- years, thousands of children, and their families, have enjoyed a more joy-filled Christmas thanks, in part, to this program. We have recently wrapped up […]
Inspired by his Mimi , 8-year-old raises $3K for Good Shepherd Food Bank
Jackson Zinchuk and his grandmother, Mimi , created the online fundraiser last December; reaching the initial goal of $500 in less than 24 hours. Author: Samantha York (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 7:32 PM EDT May 6, 2021 Updated: 7:32 PM EDT May 6, 2021
BETHEL, Maine Jackson Zinchuk and his Mimi, Robin Zinchuk have a very special bond.
The two spend every Monday together and enjoy picking up sea glass on the beach. Recently the eight-year-old was inspired by his Mimi s community service projects and led to a fundraiser for the Good Shepherd Food Bank.
Last December, instead of asking for birthday gifts, the two decided to ask for donations on Facebook to benefit the food banks.
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REGION On Wednesday and Thursday of last week the Telstar Freshman Academy (TFA) presented their final projects to teachers and other members of the community in a think tank panel forum. The final projects wrapped up the TFA’s unit on innovation, collaboration and communication.
The goal of the projects was to have students come up with solutions to worldwide issues currently plaguing large parts of the world population. This year freshmen tackled issues like global warming, clean water, homelessness and air pollution amongst others.
After being split into groups of two or three people, students focused on the research end of the project before coming up with their solutions.
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Bethel has been an increasingly popular spot for people to visit, largely due to its many different outdoor recreation activities.
Bethel Citizen photo by Samuel Wheeler
BETHEL Last Wednesday, via Zoom, a group of business, municipal and non-profit leaders launched mahoosucway.com, and with it, the websites pledge to “embrace our place.”
The website said the pledge “helps us communicate our community values to newcomers and visitors.” The five major points of the pledge are to “honor the land, explore wisely, show respect, cultivate community and be climate conscious.”
“This pledge represents a new way of thinking about how locals and visitors alike can interact with our environment and community and its getting some attention at a level statewide and beyond as a leader,” executive director of the Bethel Chamber of Commerce, Jessie Perkins, said via Zoom. “We’re not the only ones concerned with tourism’s impact on our resources and we hope