Our annual road race for local high school boys and girls will be held on Monday April 20. Owens McCullough and Dave Rolfe have been hard at work behind the scenes and will be asking for help this week. Letters have been sent to area coaches and the request has been made for public safety support.
Volunteers should plan to arrive by 9AM. We'll need help checking in the runners, handing out numbers, recording the order of finish, and supplying water, among other activities. The race starts at 10AM.
We hope to see everyone there to cheer on the runners!
DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe. On April 25-28, 2015, ten students from the Westbrook Regional Vocational Center will be attending the DECA International Career Development Conference in Orlando Florida. Eight of those students spoke to us briefly about their accomplishments, with several first place finishes in state competition that have qualified them to attend this prestigious event.
The students are in the process of raising funds to support this trip:
April 7 - Texas Roadhouse – 600 Gallery Blvd, Scarborough. Restaurant hours 3-10PM. A portion of profits for meals sold that day will be donated to DECA
Stu Simon, Development Director, and Tony Doman, President of the Board of Directors of Port Resources, were our guests and speakers on March 31. Port Resources provides services and programs to people with developmental disabilities and behavioral health challenges. They are dedicated to empowering people to live meaningful and fulfilled lives in their communities. They have 22 group homes around Cumberland County, including 5 in Gorham, serving about 90 people. Much of their funding has come from the state through Maine Care. However, the state is now moving towards funding group homes only for the profoundly disabled.
Port Resources offers community outreach services, like outpatient counseling and life skills training, to about 300-400 people. They also work with people who have autism and Down’s syndrome. In addition, they offer professional training and software development. Their training arm offers training for CNAs and for Direct Support Providers who work in homecare. They train both their own personnel and those of other social services organizations. All of these offerings are a means of diversifying their services and revenue streams to support their group homes as state funding priorities change.
Port Resources is located on Gannett Dr in South Portland. They accept donations of cash, goods and volunteer labor, including their Adopt-A-Home program. For those wishing to donate goods, they have Our Wish List to identify needed items. Upcoming Fundraising event: April 14, 4-9PM, Flatbread’s Pizza, Commercial St Portland. A donation will be made for each pizza sold.
The complete list through December 2015 is posted on our website in the Site Pages section, Program Assignments link. If you need some ideas or help, please contact Hal Thomas (hthomas@maine.rr.com).
