Category: Clubs & Organizations

Rotary event raises more than $11,000 for the unhoused

January Thaw attendees Photos: Barbara Sutcliffe By Barbara Sutcliffe On Tuesday night, Jan. 16, 80 people came in from the cold and snow to support Sanford-Springvale Rotary’s January Thaw event, which is designed to help Sanford’s unhoused population. Held at Mee D Thai Restaurant in Main Street Marketplace, the fundraiser featured plentiful samplings of Thai food and a signature drink, with half of the ticket price going to the unhoused in our community. Many area businesses and individuals became sponsors…

Local Dancers Usher in 2024 With Performance of a Lifetime

Northern Explosion dancers perform with Recycled Percussion Photo: Northern Explosion Dance Studio Photo: Heather Bronson By Kendra Williams The atmosphere at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, NH on New Year's Day could only be described as electric. Nearly 10,000 people attended Recycled Percussion's kick off to their winter tour. This included a proud group of dance instructors, family and friends of 25 talented dancers from Northern Explosion Dance Studio of Sanford, who performed as special guests of the band. In…

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…