Category: Clubs & Organizations

Come in From the Cold to Help Sanford’s Unhoused

Donations From Past Event Photo: Barbara Sutcliffe By Lawrence Furbish, Rotarian As anyone who keeps up with the news will know, one of the significant and challenging issues facing communities throughout Maine is how to deal with our increasing numbers of unhoused people. The City of Sanford has created a Homelessness Task Force to work on this difficult humanitarian problem. The latest estimate is that there are 155 people in our city living outdoors or in their vehicles. So, what…

Lecture Series of 8 Talks Starts Jan. 10

Nancy Ponzetti This winter’s Gary Sullivan Lecture Series kicks off on Wednesday, Jan. 10 at 1 pm with a talk about the Wabanaki Confederacy. Historian Nancy Ponzetti’s address is entitled “People of Land of the Dawn.” All but one of the eight talks in the York County Senior College series in January, February, and March will be held on Zoom. Registration is $25 for the entire series. Full details about courses and a registration link can be found here. Here…

Sanford Fire Department Food Drive

Captain Scott Lizotte and Bob Grondin, SFP volunteer Photo credit: Rev. Sue Murphy By Robert Spring, Sanford Food Pantry volunteer Members of the Sanford Fire Department did what they do best, selflessly serving and helping the hungry citizens of Sanford/Springvale in a food drive on Dec. 1 and 2. As they have done for many years, they organized the food drive and collected thousands of pounds of food in support of the Sanford Food Pantry (SFP). The volunteers who run…

Spree of Trees

Dawn Brown, event organizer, displays the award that goes to the creators of the tree thatcollects the most raffle tickets. A student from Russ Clark’s SRTC class made this beautiful award.  Win a Fully Loaded Christmas Tree - Complete With GiftsBy Michelle McCarthy  By all accounts, the 5th Annual Spree of Trees event has been an amazing success. The Sanford Alumni Association is sponsoring the event, which started Thursday and runs through noon today (Sunday, Dec. 3) at Sanford Memorial…

Toys for Tots Local Dropoff Sites & Program Links

Compiled by Dave Rude and Zendelle Bouchard  Toys for Tots of Southern York County is now collecting toys for distribution to kids this Christmas. There is a long list of convenient locations where you can drop off a new, unwrapped toy.   207 Hydro Farm, 168 Country Club Rd.  Airport Safe Storage, 1725 Main St.  Amvets Post 3, 169 School St.  Central Furniture & Appliances, 26 River Rd.  Chandler's Automotive, 328 Jagger Mill Rd.  Crystal Athletic Facility, 414 Alfred Rd.  Family…