Join the A Family for ME program for a live, virtual conversation about becoming a foster/adoptive parent in Maine. Recruitment Specialists will be answering your questions about the different ways to provide care for infants, teens and siblings. If you’ve ever considered foster care or adoption, this is a great opportunity to learn more and get your questions answered! Learn more about the licensing process. Explore the various ways to support youth and provide care, including respite care. Discover ways to support foster families.

Sessions will be held on the 2nd Monday of every month from 12:00-1:00 pm and 6:00-7:00 pm. No fee.

Register directly: 

 https://www.tickettailor.com/events/afamilyforme/783429

AACE Community Gardening includes participants, 16 years and older, with the tools and understanding needed to embrace the joys of gardening. Small plots with a variety of annuals, perennials, and pollinators. Community Partner, UMaine 4H Cooperative Extension will come share with us a series of soil and seedling workshops in preparation for a fruitful season of Gardening. Our Community Garden’s goal is to promote spring wellness, and outdoor education and develop a love for lifelong learning.  There is no class Apr. 16 or Apr. 23.

+ Fridays 3:00-4:30 pm beginning, May 17-June 28, 2024

These workshops present an opportunity to meet AACE Community Partner employers in a business casual setting to discuss workforce development. Including the importance of fine-tuning your soft and social skills, how your routine influences your daily actions and productivity, and listening to guest speakers share their experiences from different workplace environments.

These workshops present an opportunity to meet AACE Community Partner employers in a business casual setting to discuss workforce development. Including the importance of fine-tuning your soft and social skills, how your routine influences your daily actions and productivity, and listening to guest speakers share their experiences from different workplace environments.

MaineGeneral's Harm Reduction Program leads training and conversation on Overdose Response and Narcan Administration. The presentation will begin by discussing what harm reduction means, and what opioids are, before identifying what an opioid overdose looks like. The training will then discuss steps for responding to an overdose, and close with a conversation about the Good Samaritan Law. Attendees are invited to ask any questions and/or share experiences throughout.

Every attendee will be offered a Narcan kit in addition to educational materials to leave the class with. mainegeneral.org/about-us/community-health/harm-reduction

Join us for a day of open-water fishing! Your participation does not require a fishing license and gear is available for those that may not have their own, FCFS. This is ideal for a whole family experience. Learn how to move about safely on the fishing hole, how to cast, bait your own hook, and lots more about how to enjoy the great outdoors. This event is held at BiCentennial Nature Park. No alcohol permitted.

MaineGeneral's Harm Reduction Program leads training and conversation on Overdose Response and Narcan Administration. The presentation will begin by discussing what harm reduction means, and what opioids are, before identifying what an opioid overdose looks like. The training will then discuss steps for responding to an overdose, and close with a conversation about the Good Samaritan Law. Attendees are invited to ask any questions and/or share experiences throughout.

Every attendee will be offered a Narcan kit in addition to educational materials to leave the class with. mainegeneral.org/about-us/community-health/harm-reduction