Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes
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Signs of a recovery abound as more people are getting vaccinated and a new federal relief measure is about to help many of the most vulnerable Americans. But after powering through a year of cascading crises, a large slice of the nonprofit work force is near the breaking point.
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Greta Faworski (above), a fundraiser at Kalamazoo Loaves and Fishes, in Michigan. She’s been loading groceries for people in need 10 hours a day, then heading home to do her development work – writing grant proposals, reaching out to the group’s 1,800 new donors, and much more. Some days she doesn’t even get to leave the office at all, even to see her 11- and 14-year-old children. That happens often enough that she told my colleague
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Age Friendly South Portland
By Susan Henderson
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When the ad hoc Senior Advisory Committee surveyed older South Portland residents, results indicated that the internet was not the primary way of accessing information for many individuals. When the ad hoc Senior Steering Implementation Committee (now referred to as Age Friendly South Portland), was tasked by the city council with addressing the recommendations of the survey, a priority of the committee was improving communication with all elder residents.
In addition, expanding information shared through the printed word, a decision was made to work with South Portland Community TV (SPCTV) to provide information relevant to older adults via community television.
Cinemagic, a New Hampshire-based movie theater company with eight locations from Sturbridge, Massachusetts, to southern Maine has announced that all of its.
SoPo council, residents to fly pride flag in show of solidarity
The council acted after threatening, anonymous letters with homophobic messages were sent to residents in Portland and South Portland.
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Christopher O’Connor, a South Portland resident and development director of EqualityMaine, with a pride flag in the organization’s Portland offices. Nearly 400 people have requested a free flag since the organization began offering them two weeks ago.
Courtesy / Christopher O’Connor
SOUTH PORTLAND The City Council voted 6-1 on Jan. 26 to fly the pride flag outside municipal buildings for one month. The action comes after threatening, homophobic, anonymous letters were sent to Portland and South Portland residents, including those who were displaying the rainbow-colored pride flag or the Black Lives Matter flag.