Community News (July 31, 2009)
Raise money for Engine One
The town of Cape Elizabeth Fire Department announces its 42nd annual Engine One Company Labor Day Art Show fundraiser.
This event will take place at Fort Williams Park Sunday, Sept. 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A variety of artists will be featured including those displaying acrylics, watercolor, photography and crafts. This is an event to raise money for the Cape Elizabeth Engine One Company Fire Department, to be used toward purchasing and updating equipment as well as training members in order to serve the community of Cape Elizabeth to the best of its ability. Artists are welcome to submit applications to be in the show up until day of show, more information can be obtained from the town of Cape Elizabeth Web site.
Spring Point Ledge open
The Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse 2009 open house schedule is Saturdays this summer from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
It is America’s only publicly accessible caisson-style lighthouse where visitors can experience Portland Harbor views and a unique look back at Maine’s maritime history.
It is located off Fort Road, on the campus of SMCC in South Portland. Kids 14 and younger are free. Must be at least 55-inches tall to enter. Tour donation is $5. For more information call 699-2676.
Strive to work with Claws
STRIVE will partner with Maine’s newest professional sports team, the Maine Red Claws, through the program, 3 Points for STRIVE. The announcement was made today by STRIVE Program Director Peter Brown.
Hammond Lumber Company will be the title sponsor of the 3 Points for STRIVE program during the upcoming 2009-2010 season and will make a $50 donation to STRIVE for every successful three pointer the Red Claws make during a home game this season. It is estimated that the program will raise $12,500 for STRIVE. Fans will also be able to make a donation for every three-point field goal made by Red Claws players during home games this year. Pledge cards will be available at all Hammond Lumber Company locations, the Maine Red Claws Web site, www.maineredclaws.com, and on STRIVE’s Web site, www.pslstrive.org.
Ukelady at library Aug. 6
Mary Hargreaves (a.k.a. Mary Ukelady,) a singer-songwriter from western Maine, will present original songs on ukulele and guitar in the last of Thomas Memorial Library’s summer outdoor concert series.
Her children’s folk songs are tunes about ponies, trees, lizards, toads and frogs, a dancing cow, hometown, a bike ride, kindness and gifts of love.
While singing in her daughter’s first grade classroom, she discovered children make a great audience, and for 10 years she has performed in many Maine community festivals, classrooms, libraries, family events, and on community television.
She has released two recordings: her debut album “Love Is Strong,” featuring 12 upswing originals with ensemble, and “Little Pony Express,” a collection of kids’ songs for the whole family. The concert will take place Thursday, Aug. 6, at 6:30 p.m. on the library’s front lawn (rain location: the Pond Cove/Middle School Cafetorium) in Cape Elizabeth. For more information, call the library at 799-1720.
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