Island Connections director plans to step down May 2, 2021 on News
BAR HARBOR Doreen Willett, the executive director of Island Connections, will leave the nonprofit at the end of this year. She and her husband will be relocating to Florida, a move she calls “bittersweet,” because she will be leaving an organization that she loves.
“I’m very proud of how I have improved the organization, enhancing the relationships and collaborations built over the years for program purposes, building community awareness, moving our office space to the Municipal Building in Bar Harbor, creating community fundraising events and implementing positive change all for the benefit of strengthening the organization,” she said.
Volunteering looks different in a pandemic April 9, 2021 on Lifestyle
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND Over the last year, nonprofit organizations on the island have had to adjust their volunteering practices in response to the pandemic.
Many organizations lost a large percentage of their volunteers, many of whom were in the virus’s more vulnerable age categories. Other organizations saw a surge in volunteerism from people who were either out of work or working from home and had more time to offer their services. And some other organizations have curbed activities during the pandemic and do not need as many volunteers as they used to.
Bank employees donate nearly $12K to seven nonprofits February 21, 2021 on News
BAR HARBOR – Bar Harbor Bank & Trust recently presented donations from its employee-driven charitable giving program, Casual for a Cause, totaling nearly $12,000 to seven northern New England nonprofit organizations. The recipients of the contributions collected in Q4 2020 included MDI’s Island Connections and Hancock County’s Friends in Action.
“These nonprofit organizations provide much-needed services to our communities, and the employees of Bar Harbor Bank & Trust are honored to be able to assist them with their efforts,” said Jack Frost, VP director of community giving at Bar Harbor Bank & Trust.
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Knox County Homeless Coalition is one of seven Northern New England nonprofit organizations selected to receive donations from Bar Harbor Bank & Trust’s employee-driven charitable giving program, Casual for a Cause. The contributions collected in Q4 2020 total nearly $12,000.
“These nonprofit organizations provide much-needed services to our communities, and the employees of Bar Harbor Bank & Trust are honored to be able to assist them with their efforts,” said Jack Frost, VP Director of Community Giving at Bar Harbor Bank & Trust.
Casual for a Cause gives Bank employees the opportunity to dress casually on Fridays in exchange for a bi-weekly payroll deduction made to a pool of funds collected during each quarter. The employees then vote on the nonprofits to receive their contributions. Employees have donated more than $100,000 to more than 50 organizations across Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont since the program launched in 2018.