Communities That Care

Posted on December 26, 2010

Five Town CTC offices closed Monday, December 27

Due to weather conditions the Five Town CTC offices will be closed Monday, December 27th.

Posted on December 3, 2010

Holiday Home Tour Canceled for this Year

Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Holiday Home Tour scheduled for December 4th, 2010 will be canceled. We plan to have it next year, so keep an eye out for our announcement next fall. Have a safe and happy holiday season.

Posted on November 12, 2010

Over 150 Gather For STAR Cycle 20 Celebration!

On Tuesday, November 9th, the Camden Hills Regional High School Wave Cafe was full of parents and local middle school students celebrating another great STAR program cycle.  More than 150 people gathered to have pizza, salad, and cake, and to recognize the accomplishments of the more than 50 students who participated in the 20th cycle of the after school program.

Students in this fall’s cycle of STAR learned lots of new skills in a variety of course offerings.  The lineup included Jiu Jitsu (at Midcoast Martial Arts), Jewelry Making (with Janine Colcord of Black Horse Designs), Improvisational Drama, Creative Writing, Farm Hands (working with Aldermere Farm’s Belted Galloway calves), Animal Antics (working with the animals in the care of the Camden-Rockport Animal Rescue League), Green Thumb Growers (working at the Erickson Preserve gardens), and Cooking (at Farmer’s Fare).

As is true for all STAR cycles, there was no cost to the participants or their families and transportation to and from the student’s schools was provided.

STAR is made possible by the contributions of the great community partners involved in the program, as well as a generous grant from Maine’s Juvenile Justice Advisory Group.  Special thanks this cycle go out to Janet Bennett, Breanna Dorr, Midcoast Martial Arts, Janine Colcord and Black Horse Designs, Aspen Jones, George Chappell, Aldermere Farm, Camden-Rockport Animal Rescue League, the Erickson Preserve and the Maine Coast Heritage Trust, Farmers Fare, J&B Printing, Elm Street Printing, Rockport Pizza Hut, Rub’s Dinnerhouse and Grill, Cappy’s Chowder House, and Luce Transportation.

The next cycle of STAR is scheduled to being in early January.  For more information, call 207-236-9800 or email star@fivetownctc.org.

Posted on November 5, 2010

Entries Sought for Second Annual Holiday Home Tour

The holiday season is right around the corner, and for some of us a good part of the excitement of the season is in getting to decorate our houses. If you love to decorate and would like the opportunity to share what you have created, please consider allowing us to feature your house in the second annual Five Town Communities That Care Holiday Home Tour.

Local inns and homeowners are opening their doors to the public in the spirit of the season and in support of promoting healthy youth.  Applications to enter your house in the tour are available at the Five Town Communities That Care office or via email at info@fivetownctc.org.    Please get your application to us by November 10^th.

The tour will occur during the Christmas By The Sea celebration on Saturday, December 4, 2010.  All proceeds will benefit Five Town Communities That Care, an organization focused on promoting health youth development in Appleton, Camden, Hope, Lincolnville, and Rockport.  For more information call 236-9800.

Posted on November 3, 2010

CTC Info Session tonight at CHRHS

Come Learn More About the Five Town CTC Coalition, Where It Came From, and Where It’s Going!

Two Opportunities:

November 3, 2010 from 3:00PM to 5:00PM
November 10, 2010 from 6:30PM to 8:30PM

LOCATION: Camden Hills Regional High School, Room 417

If you haven’t already done so, PLEASE RSVP TO:
Dick Strong at rwstro@cs.com or call 236-9800

Posted on October 15, 2010

STAR Canceled Today (October 15)!

The Fun Friday activity at Aldermere Farm for the STAR after-school program scheduled for today has been canceled due to the wild weather!  Parents of students enrolled in STAR can call 975-6722 or 236-9800 if they have questions.

Posted on October 8, 2010

Harvest Hootenanny Ticket Winners

Congratulations to the following winners of the free Harvest Hootenanny ticket contests on The All New Bear (99.1 WLKE, 103.3 WMCM, 104.7 WBFB):  Adam Newell of Rockport, Eli MacDougal of Thomaston, Brenda Varum of Brooksville, Tanya Ward of Machias, and Robert Treadwell of Veazie.  Each won a pair of tickets to the all-day festival.

The Harvest Hootenanny at the Snow Bowl in Camden takes place on Saturday, October 9th.  Gates open at 10:30AM and events and music get started at 11AM!  For more information, visit www.fivetownctc.org or call 236-9800.

Posted on October 7, 2010

Harvest Hootenanny Schedule Available

There are lots of great things to do at the Harvest Hootenanny this Saturday, October 9th, at the Snow Bowl in Camden! To download a schedule of events, go to

http://www.fivetownctc.org/wp-content/uploads/HootScheduleBW1.pdf

Be sure to bring your own seating (something suitable for the slope near the lodge at the Snow Bowl)!  For more information, visit the Harvest Hootenanny webpage at

http://www.fivetownctc.org/participate/harvest-hootenanny/ or contact the Five Town CTC offices at 236-9800 or email info@fivetownctc.org.

Posted on October 4, 2010

Win up to $100 in the Harvest Hootenanny Pumpkin Carving Contest!

In addition to the Pie Baking Contest, there will be a pumpkin carving contest at the Harvest Hootenanny!  The first place winner will walk away with $100; second and third prize winners will pocket $50 and $25 respectively.

As in the pie contest, the rules are simple:

1.     Submissions for judging must be pumpkins, rather than squash or other material.  Decorations of other carved vegetables or fruits may be included as minor components.

2.     Carvings must total less than 50 lbs.

3.     All submissions must come with their own working light source (electrical outlets will be available).

4.     Entries must be appropriate for public display.

5.     Judging will be based on overall impression, carving technique, creativity.

6.     Pumpkins and entry form must be delivered to the Contest Tent at the Camden Snow Bowl between 10:30AM and noon on October 9, 2010 for consideration in the contest.

7.     All entries become the property of Five Town Communities That Care / West Bay Rotary.

8.     After judging, pumpkins will be sold to the general public (via silent auction) as a fund-raiser for Five Town Communities That Care and the West Bay Rotary Club.

9.     Judging will be done “blind,” with entries identified to judges by numbers only.

10.  Contestants may only win one prize per person, but may submit multiple entries.

The judges will award ONE first-place prize of $100, ONE second-place prize of $50, and ONE third-place prize of $25. The decision of the judges will be final.

For more information about the contest, you can email info@fivetownctc.org or call the Five Town CTC offices at 236-9800.  Entry forms with rules and judging criteria can be downloaded from the Five Town CTC Harvest Hootenanny event website (http://www.fivetownctc.org/participate/harvest-hootenanny).

Posted on October 4, 2010

Win up to $100 in the Harvest Hootenanny Pie Baking Contest!

Calling all bakers!  If you have a favorite harvest-themed pie in your recipe file, we hope you will enter it in the first annual Harvest Hootenanny Pie Contest this Saturday, October 9th, at the Snow Bowl in Camden.

If your pie wins first place, you will win $100! Second and third place prizes are $50 and $25 respectively.  After judging, pies will be sold by the slice to the crowd attending at the Hootenanny to raise funds for Five Town Communities That Care and The West Bay Rotary Club.

The rules are simple:

1.     Pies must have a fall  (harvest) theme.

2.     Pies, including crust, must be made from scratch. (No pre-mixes, puddings, canned fillings or commercial mixes).

3.     Pies can be one or two crust.

4.     Pies must be 8-10 inches; pie pans are non-returnable.

5.     Pies are to be room temperature at time of judging.  Pies will not be judged when warm.

6.     There must be a list of ALL ingredients (not the recipe)— including the crust— provided with each pie (for allergy reasons).

7.      All pies become the property of Five Town Communities That Care / West Bay Rotary.

8.     After judging, pies will be sold to the general public (by the slice) as a fund-raiser for Five Town Communities That Care and the West Bay Rotary Club.

9.     Pies, list of ingredients, and entry form must be delivered to the Pie Contest Tent at the Camden Snow Bowl between 10:30AM and noon on October 9, 2010 for consideration in the contest.

10.   The judges will award ONE first-place prize of $100, ONE second-place prize of $50, and ONE third-place prize of $25.  Judging will be based on appearance, taste, overall impression, creativity, and use of local ingredients (see sample scoring sheet).  The decision of the judges will be final.

For more information about the contest, you can email info@fivetownctc.org or call the Five Town CTC offices at 236-9800.  Entry forms with rules and judging criteria can be downloaded from the Five Town CTC Harvest Hootenanny event website (http://www.fivetownctc.org/participate/harvest-hootenanny).