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Friday, June 12, 2020
Volume 16 • Issue No. 24
Robillard Wins ‘Greenlight Maine’ Collegiate Challenge ELIOT Marshwood alum and recent University of New England graduate Jillian Robillard ’20 (Marine Entrepreneurship) has won the “Greenlight Maine” Collegiate Challenge, scoring $25,000 in prize money to bolster her innovative lobster bait business, Green Bait, which aims to preserve Maine’s lobster fishing economy. Her win of the televised
pitch competition — which pits college students’ business ideas against each other for the chance to win the kickstart money — was aired on News Center Maine on Sunday, June 7. She bested two other student businesses: Easy Eats, a technology-based platform that provides dorm-door food delivery service to college students, and Ferda Farms, a sustainability focused oyster farm in Brunswick.
Green Bait is an extension of Robillard’s existing business Southern Maine Crabs, which buys crabs from fishermen along the Maine coast and sells them to wholesalers for profit. The new product is a lobster bait formula made from invasive green crabs, an insidious species that feeds on clam beds and oysters and has been linked to See GREEN page 3...
Volunteer Drivers Deliver Meals, Compassion & Cards YORK When COVID-19 changed life as we knew it and closed much of Maine’s social and economic infrastructure in midMarch, York Hospital rampedup home meal deliveries to seniors following orders to shelter in place. “Our volunteer drivers have continued non-stop to support the York Hospital Bridges & Meal Delivery Programs and our community members in need during COVID-19” said Jorge Descart, director of dining and nutrition. Descart added, “We have a total of 11 volunteer drivers who service the areas of Kittery, York, Eliot and Ogunquit. After COVID-19
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KENNEBUNK/ARUNDEL The Sailors & Sirens 5K Run has been changed to a virtual race/run allowing participants to run the original course in Kennebunk along the ocean or any 5K worldwide. Participants are encouraged to dress like their favorite mermaid, sailor, pirate or sea creature. Best Costumed runners will win a special prize. Be sure to get some fun photos and post them to the Sailors & Sirens Facebook page and around social media. The race dates are June 20-21, and results need to be posted by 10 p.m. on June 21. Once registered, participants
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weekly check-in and help with grocery shopping, meal deliveries, visiting and companionship, transportation or errands. Over the past 20 years, the program has grown to include not only York Hospital patients, but many community members at large – due to the high quality and low cost of the prepared meals. April Roberts, administrative dietary coordinator for York Hospital, oversees home meal deliveries and explained that there has been a strong and consistent increase in demand as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. “In mid-March when people started to realize they shouldn’t venture
Behind the scenes at York Hospital are (left-right) Vicky Muscarello, Jorge Descart, and April Roberts.
out for meals or groceries, we saw about a 10% increase in the number of requests received for
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hit southern Maine, York Hospital enlisted additional volunteer support from our Bridges Program to extend meal and grocery deliveries to shut-in seniors in Berwick, Wells and South Berwick”. Since the pandemic began in mid-March, Descart explained the hospital has received requests for, and has delivered, two to three times more meals to seniors in their homes than in March, April and May of last year. The York Hospital Bridges Program is a volunteer-based service that introduces a York Hospital patient to someone in the community who provides a
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will receive info on how to post your time or state that you have completed a 5K. Register online at www.adventuresignup.com/ Race/ME/Kennebunk/SAILORS SIRENS. There will be prizes for first, second, and third place
overall for men, women, and children 12 years old and under, plus awards for the three best costumes! All proceeds support the Arundel Historic Society. More information can be found at www.sailorsandsirensrun.com.
home delivery of meals. In April that jumped to 50% and in May we saw a 63% increase in call volume and deliveries to seniors at home. When you look at the numbers it is a powerful testament to how valuable this program is in our community – especially in this socially isolating time. In May 2019 we delivered 255 meals and in May 2020 we delivered a record-breaking 675 meals to seniors in their homes.” “We all wear masks and gloves, are very careful, and stick to curbside delivery,” explained volunteer driver and Ogunquit native, Chris Woodbury. Sometimes they ask us to just place the bag near the front door and ring the bell so they know the food has arrived. Other seniors enjoy a bit of socially-distanced interaction after spending months indoors. Volunteer driver Jim See VOLUNTEERS page 9...
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