The Cancer Support Center of Maine will be Celebrating our 3rd Anniversary as a non profit on Sunday Feb 19th, from 1:00PM to 4:00PM, at the Next Generation Theatre on 39 Center Street in Brewer, located behind Between Friends Gift Store.

There will be fun uplifting Celtic music provided by awesome area musicians, The Boys form Wicked Wines will be offering wine tasting, and we will  have really tasty appetizers. Also there will be great raffle items for some lucky winners. Come celebrate with us and help us help cancer patients and their loved ones. 

For more information and to purchase tickets call Barbara Vittum at Cancer Support Center of Maine 207-469-6363.

TO ALL CHAMBER MEMBERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES:
Bill and Christina at Fellows, Kee, Tymoczko and Pierson, LLC are giving a 20% discount to all Chamber members and their employees for Wills, Financial Powers-of-Attorney, Advance Health care Directives and estate planning, including MaineCare long term care planning, provided the appointment for any of these services is made in February of this year.  They ask that Chamber members inform their employees of this great offer. To schedule an appointment, please call 469-7323.

Bittersweet Gift Shop 
will be open every Friday and Saturday starting this week (1/27). Fri. hours 10 to 5 and Sat. 10 to 4.

GPMCT Winter Retreat, January 28
Join GPMCT staff, board and volunteers for our annual Winter Retreat, Saturday, January 28 at the Arey Center in North Bucksport (Rte. 15). Volunteers and members wishing to get more involved in 2012 are invited for a potluck lunch at noon and to stay until 3:30 pm to offer input on plans for Wildlands Stewardship, outreach and more for 2012. Please RSVP to Cheri at 469-2008 or info@greatpondtrust.org if you wish to attend.

The Franklin Street United Methodist Church, at 71 Franklin Street in Bucksport, will host a breakfast buffet on Saturday, February 11, 2012, from 6:30 a.m. until 10:00 a.m.  This All-You-Care-To-Eat meal features many delicious entrees and homemade baked goods. The cost is $7 for adults, $3.00 for children, and $20 for a family of four or more. For more information, please call the church office at 469-3622 or Ed Petravicz at 469-9979.

Ken Cleaves loves rocks, and on March 25th at 2:00 PM he will speak at the Stockton Springs Community Library about how he spent 30 years transforming the Heal Black Granite Quarry in Lincolnville into a summer garden, Schleppinghurst, which he created alone and without using any power tools. Cleaves will give a tour around Schleppinghurst with a half-hour DVD that was made for television.

The free program is sponsored by the Stockton Springs Community library and open to the public. In 2008 Cleaves received the Kathryn S. Taylor Award, given once a year to honor a garden in the Northeast.

Get Ready for the  
2012 Get Fit - Let's Go Program 

As you ring out the old year and ring in the new, it may be time to rededicate your pledge to healthy choices for 2012. Get Fit-Let's Go is a fun and instructive nine-week program based on teams, which challenge one another to lose weight and develop healthier lifestyles. Teams are formed in businesses, organizations, neighborhoods, clubs or even families. Weekly meetings will be held every Wednesday, January 11th through March 14th, at the Bucksport Middle School Auditorium. All meetings start at 6 pm and run for one hour. Prizes are awarded weekly for the teams who lost the most weight and increased physical activity levels. A weekly topic is offered to help support improved nutrition and wellness. The kick-off meeting for all team members will be held on Wednesday, January 11th at 6:00 P.M. at the Bucksport Middle School Auditorium, 100 Miles Lane in Bucksport.

The cost to participate is $10.00 per person for all nine weeks. Scholarships are available. Weight reporting is strictly confidential. For more information about the program contact Bucksport Bay Healthy Communities Coalition at 469-6682.