Crews are “So happy to be part of this project.” On the last Sunday in April, the grounds of Togus were quiet. So quiet, in fact, that you could hear at least six species of birds calling, competing with spring peepers. The land is easy walking distance to Togus, yet feels a world away from the acres of brick buildings and parking lots. Trees and grassy meadows line seasonal ponds. Hawks soar overhead. In a few months, this eleven acre parcel will be home to 22 Cabins that will provide permanent housing for veterans (women and men), who have experienced…

from Happy Camper to Competent Counselor and Fundraiser I first learned about camp when I was in the third grade. My best friend Delaney went to camp and she came back telling so many great stories, I couldn’t wait until the fifth grade. When June of fifth grade year finally rolled around, I was so excited! I had been to summer camps but none like how my best friend described Camp POSTCARD. I was so excited, but nervous at the same time. My mother and grandmother dropped me off after a five hour trip that seemed like days. Camp was…

A Camp Leader for 14 Years Loves His Work The Hollands are the kind of family you want to live next door to. When all the neighborhood kids were growing up, the Hollands would always be outside doing something fun: ice fishing in the winter, baseball in the summer. Six or Eight kids would join them for fun in the morning, and by the afternoon when they got the grill out, there might be thirty or forty kids running around laughing and having a terrific time. Tim Holland was a DARE officer in the early days of Camp (and still…

With a projected 2017 harvest of 100,000 pounds, Reentry Residents who work at the farm have lots to be proud of. Our Reentry Programs offer offenders who are serving the last months of their sentence a chance to learn interpersonal and employment skills, engage in community service, take personal enrichment classes and work within a transitional model of creating a life post-incarceration. In Belfast, at the Waldo County Jail, residents are offered the option of working in the Waldo County Maine Coastal Regional Reentry Center (MCRRC) Garden Project. “People either love it or hate it,” said Commissioner William Shorey, founder…