Browse the community calendar below for a listing of coalition member events. Use the ‘Categories’ drop down menu to select an area of interest and the ‘Agenda’ drop down menu to select how you wish to view the calendar. You may also post an event or provide a feed from your organization’s calendar by selecting from the green menus below at right (your submission will be reviewed for suitability).
The Sanford Strong Coalition has merged with the Allied Public Health group.
Contact: Mesha Quinn.
Ongoing Events:
Due to Covid 19, these events are cancelled. Please stay tuned for updates!
- Nasson Bike Center is looking for volunteers! The Nasson Bike Center is a resource for local youth looking for a bike, fix a bike, needing some community service time, or wanting to learn some mechanical and problem solving skills. We are looking for volunteers to mentor our kids as they rebuild bikes making them safe and reliable. We are open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from 2 to 5:00 year round. There is no requirement that the volunteer participate a certain number of hours. It is helpful that they participate on a regular schedule. Read more.
- Wellness at Walmart: Daily @ 6:00 am – 8:00 am; Partners for Healthier Communities, Let’s Go!, Sanford YMCA, and Walmart have partnered to offer a space for the public to walk 7 days a week from 6:00 to 8:00 AM. All are welcome to join! Contact: Betsy Kelly.
- Sanford Community Adult Education has ongoing academic offerings that enable each adult to reach their academic and career goals thus improving stability and quality of life for the adult and the family.
Contact: Lisa Blanchette.
*NOTE* We are having technical difficulty with “Agenda” displaying the full description of the event. Please change to “Month” for more information on the event. Simply click on the drop down box. We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience.
*NOTE* We are having technical difficulty with “Post your event” link. Please click http://sanfordstrong.org/
Agenda
Posterboard 
Stream 
Month 
Week 
Day January – December 2019
The meeting is held in the School Dept. Counseling Conference Rm., 2nd Floor.
All visitors must ring the outside bell and sign in at the Main Desk.
The Drug Free Communities (DFC) initiative is a community-wide effort of youth, parents, business leaders, schools, police officers, faith communities, health care providers, and others to decrease alcohol, marijuana and prescription drug use among Greater Sanford’s youth and adults.
Contact: Nichole Ivey.
Wed., Dec. 5th 4 to 5:00 PM
Tues., Jan. 8th 5 to 6:00 PM
Wed., Jan 30th 4 to 5:00 PM
A Chocolate Tasting Spectacular to benefit
the Sanford Backpack Program!
Your ticket will get YOU a decadent bite-sized treat from over a dozen Chocolatiers while you enjoy live music, a cash bar, raffles, silent and live auctions, fun games and more! Your ticket will fill almost five backpacks with food so that Sanford children have access to food over the weekend when they can’t rely on free and reduced school meals.
This Chocolate Extravaganza rivals any dessert event you’ve experienced in New England! You can expect desserts like classic Maine Whoopie Pies and chocolate dipped candied treats to more exotic candies or chocolate-covered foods. Some items are all chocolate while others have just a hint of it. Attendees get to vote on Chocolatiers that have the best presentation, best overall tasting chocolate, and the most creative use of chocolate… and with this being the SIXTH Annual Chocolate Benefit - competition is fierce! We expect that our returning and new Chocolatiers will be pulling out all the stops this year to try to win one of our prestigious event awards.
If decadent chocolate isn’t enough for you – we will also have live music by Wintery Mix, an acoustic band, again this year!
Thank you for joining us at this event and helping us fight youth hunger!
When: Sat. February 2, 2019
Where: Nasson Community Center; 457 Main St. Springvale, ME
Time: 6 PM to 9:30 PM
Tickets are on sale now! www.eventbrite.com.
FAQs
Will tickets be sold at the door?
This event has sold out prior to the night of the event the last two years, and we hope the same happens again this year. Please don’t count on purchasing tickets at the door!
Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?
This event is generally attended by adults but attendees are not required to be 21 or older. Well mannered students and younger children are welcomed to attend with their parents.
What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event?
Nasson Community Center has parking behind it’s building off of Main St. Attendees may also park across from Nasson Community Center in the Rite Aid parking lot.
How can I contact the organizer with any questions?
Email is the best way to reach out to organizers. Feel free to email backpacks@strongersanford.org with any questions.
Is there a dress code for the event?
This event will have attendees wearing clothes ranging from dressy jeans and sweaters to fancy cocktail dresses and suits. It IS a night on the town so use the opportunity to enjoy putting on an outfit that makes you feel good!
Free to the Community!
The meeting is held in the Counseling Conference Rm., 2nd Floor.
All visitors must ring the outside bell and sign in at the Main Desk.
Due to Covid-19, these meetings have been cancelled.
The Drug Free Communities (DFC) initiative is a community-wide effort of youth, parents, business leaders, schools, police officers, faith communities, health care providers, and others to decrease alcohol, marijuana and prescription drug use among Greater Sanford’s youth and adults.
Contact: Nichole Ivey.
DOORS OPEN AT 6:00 pm for light refreshments.
Risky Business is for adults only. Participants tour a staged teenage bedroom with indicators and warning signs of teenage risky behaviors, receive training on current drug and alcohol trends, and learn techniques for communicating with teens. Leave knowing what to look for and how to intervene. the intent is to increase awareness, promote early detection and intervention of teenage risky behaviors.
Family vacations and memories often come flooding back to our minds this time of year. But vacations were not always a yearly thing. Join Bethel resident and historian David Jones at the Goodall Memorial Library at 6 pm for Holidays Past: A Brief History of Touring and Vacationing in New England.
Using illustrative maps courtesy of The Osher Map Library, Jones will talk about how development, transportation innovations, and urbanization contributed to the concept of family vacations. Looking at the rise in tourism and vacationing in the 19th and 20th centuries, Jones will talk about why people went on vacation, where they went and how they got there.
Light refreshments will be served.