Poetry Month at The Park Danforth ✍️📝
Friday, April 11
3:30 — 5:30 PM
The Park Danforth, 777 Stevens Ave, Portland
Capacity: 30 volunteers
Come join the fun at The Park Danforth, where chickadeeds families and residents will gather for an afternoon of creative poetry with The Telling Room, and a “car wash” to clean residents’ wheelchairs and rollators.
Non-profit Partners: The Park Danforth and The Telling Room
Photo credit: Pame Chevez
Community Mural Painting Project
Sunday, May 18
10 am - 12 pm
31 Diamond St Suite D, Portland, ME 04101
Capacity: 50 Volunteers
(Raindate: Sunday June 1, 10-12 pm)
Take part in painting a new community mural and a neighborhood chalk-a-walk announcing the project! Led by local Portland artist and past Indigo Arts Alliance Artist-In-Residence, Pame Chevez, volunteers will help paint sections of the murals, play with color theory by mixing paints to keep colors stocked, clean paint brushes when done, and use chalk stencils around the neighborhood to celebrate the mural themes.
Non-profit Partner: Indigo Arts Alliance
Event and Host Partner: Orange Bike Brewing
In-Kind Donors: Artist & Craftsman Supply
Coastal Cleanup at Willard Beach with Surfrider Foundation Maine
Sunday, June 8
2:00—4:00 pm
Willard Beach, South Portland
Capacity: 100 volunteers
All ages (parental supervision required)
Join us to celebrate ocean preservation and reuse in action at Willard Beach!
Surfrider Foundation’s Maine Chapter will guide participants through trash collection, sorting, weighing, and counting.
BRING YOUR OWN:
*Reusable work gloves ~ or borrow ours
*Reusable water bottles
Non-Profit Partner: @surfridermaine
