Normally, as a college student, I welcome any snow day so that I can forget my academic responsibilities, remain in my pajamas, drink hot cocoa, and just enjoy a day’s worth of relaxation. Not so this winter. As the Community Engagement Intern, I found myself wishing that the snow would stop showing up on Tuesdays [...]
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Meet Barbee Gilman, our Board President!
Teacher? Lawyer? Doctor? Business Consultant? Barbee Gilman could have been anyone of these but instead has decided to stay home while her children are still school-aged and devote her time to her family, her community, volunteerism and leading the Children’s Museum & Theatre Board of Directors. As a passionate friend of the Museum & Theatre [...]
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An amazing day of caring and sharing!
I bet when these volunteers signed on for the Day of Caring, they had no idea they’d be toppling the Taj Mahal! I’ve always known that the United Way is a great organization doing wonderful work around the world, but seeing their impact locally – right in our backyard – serves as a pretty amazing [...]
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Goodbye, Phebe!
This morning we said goodbye to one of our most dedicated volunteers, Phebe Snow. Phebe has been volunteering with us for 15 years! Every Thursday morning Phebe would come in and prep art projects. You know all those paper shapes and cut-outs you use in Big Messy Art, Imagination Station and Make and Take? Those [...]
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Celebrating AmeriCorps Week!
Did you know that this is AmeriCorps week? It’s a week to celebrate the people of all ages who commit to serving at non-profits across the nation. AmeriCorps members commit to full-time service positions for terms of at least several months (some serve for several years!), receiving a small stipend, money to apply toward education, [...]
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Home Front Egg Hunt!
On Saturday evening, I had the privilege of tagging along for a very special event: Operation Home Front’s annual Easter egg hunt for military families, which they held here at the Museum. A group of dedicated volunteers hid treasure-filled eggs in countless nooks and crannies (can you imagine how many hiding places there are here?!). The [...]
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Meet Julie Chevalier, 2010 Auction Chair!
Each year since the late 1980s, our annual auction has raised much-needed funds to keep our Portland-based organization a premier cultural institution for all children and families, regardless of need. For the past four years, we have had one particularly dedicated auction volunteer who has made a huge contribution to our auction leadership team. Her name is Julie Chevalier [...]
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Spotlight on Waynflete High School Volunteers
While I love my role as an Educator, I also love my Volunteer Coordinator duties and seeing amazing projects happen thanks to all of our wonderful volunteers who help out in a variety of ways. Yesterday was especially exciting as we had a group of sophomores from Waynflete High School join us for a morning [...]
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Meet Allison, a Theatre volunteer!
I love working with enthusiastic volunteers and I want to share one of them with you. Allison acted and volunteered with the Children’s Theatre of Maine for years and I am so lucky that she has continued her volunteer work here at the Museum & Theatre. The kids love her and she is so helpful [...]
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