We are having a blast with the Maine Coast Welcome Center Photo Contest, getting entries from all over. Now that we have some great entries, it's time for you to take a look and help us decide

Click to VOTE for Your Favorite Photo. Polls Close 4-30-2010.

(Yes, you may still enter your photo.)

The 7th grade students from the Troy Howard Middle School's Innovations Academy are looking for Belfast area businesses who are interested in new ideas. We are learning an Innovations Engineering process, modeled after the University of Maine's Innovations Engineering program (http://www.umaine.edu/magazine/past-issues/winter-2009/always-thinking/), where we will be able to Create, Communicate, and Commercialize meaningfully unique ideas. If you'd like to give us a chance to help your business, free of charge, then please supply us with the following:

1. What is your business?
2. What makes your business unique?
3. What is it that you'd like us to help you with?
4. Any photos, pamphlets, web sites, sounds, tastes, textures, sights... that's right... any stimulus related to your business that you can give to us as we try to produce new and useful ideas
5. Your name and contact information (for staff only ;-)

For more information, contact Shawn at 460-6256 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

A special training for volunteer groups, organizations, and programs Monday, April 12, 2010 Point Lookout, Northport, ME 1 P.M.-4 P.M. Adults 50 and older represent a large portion of Maine’s population. They have the skills, experience, and interest in volunteering in the areas of smart growth, environmental stewardship, and community building. Is your organization tapping into this corps of volunteers? Are you ready to learn more about how you can recruit and retain older adult volunteers in your group, agency or organization?

If so, please join us for a special training specifically designed for volunteer coordinators, program managers, and other key leaders who work with volunteers!

Topics to be covered include marketing to older adults, recruiting and retaining volunteers, best practices in volunteer management, tools for

working with highly skilled volunteers, and the “4 F’s” of Baby Boomer volunteerism.

Presenters:

Paula Burnett, Program Director, RSVP, UMaine Center on Aging

Chevelle Marshall, Program Coordinator, RSVP, UMaine Center on Aging

Ken Murray, Director of Volunteer Services, Southern Maine Area Agency on Aging

Anne Schink, Consultant in Volunteer Management, Training and Facilitation

To register, visit: http://www.encoreleaders.org/programs.html

For more information contact Amanda Chamberlain at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or by phone at 207-262-7931.There is no cost to attend. Presented by Encore Leadership Corps

UMaine Center on Aging ● 25 Texas Ave ● Camden Hall ● Bangor, ME ● 04401

Phone 207-262-7931 ● www.encoreleaders.org ● This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it