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10 Mainers to be thankful for 2015
As Mainers gather around loaded tables and greet family members who come from afar, we also take a moment to give thanks to those among us who give their time and their energy to the larger community, sharing their humanity and enriching the world around us. Here are 10 people who have worked diligently, often without recognition, to comfort, protect, nurture and inspire others who need a helping hand.
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Dr. Mary Dowd
Advocate for addiction treatment, Yarmouth
At the Milestone Foundation, primarily a short-term detox center, Dr. Mary Dowd tries to line up long-term treatment for addicts, but there are far more patients than available services. This double exposure shows her at the foundation, and in a patient exam room.
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Duncan Perry
Trauma Intervention Program volunteer, Scarborough
Duncan Perry, 69, a volunteer with the Trauma Intervention Program in Greater Portland, offers comfort and liaison services to victims and their families during emergencies. This double exposure captures the Scarborough resident on a Portland street this week. “I believe that when you live in a community, you have the responsibility to contribute to that community,” he said. -
Atak Natali and Divine Macibiri
Lyman Moore Middle School students and problem solvers, Portland
Atak Natali, 13, and Divine Macibiri, 14, eighth-graders at Lyman Moore Middle School, took on a project to refurbish two neighborhood playgrounds. They won a grant to pay for paint and organized a cleanup that drew about 50 people. In the background of this double-exposed image is a swing set with flaking paint that has since been restored through their efforts.
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Laura Pineo
Skowhegan area school district nutrition director, Norridgewock
Nutritionist Laura Pineo makes sure the school kitchens of SAD 54, in the Skowhegan area, keep hungry students fed and ready for their lessons. As the superimposed sign declares, fruit and juice are among the items available for breakfast, and lunch can be a variety of hot dishes.
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David Clark
American Cancer Society Road to Recovery volunteer driver, Gardiner
David Clark poses on a road in Augusta, with the image superimposed on a window at the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care, where his late wife was treated for the disease. Since then, Clark has logged about 30,000 miles driving cancer patients to their appointments.
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Jessica Maurer
Maine Association of Area Agencies on Aging executive director, Harpswell
One of Jessica Maurer’s projects for the Maine Association of Area Agencies on Aging is keeping seniors warm in winter by providing them with coats, like the one at L.L. Bean superimposed above. -
Wesley McNair
Brings insight and enjoyment to people as Maine poet laureate, Mercer
This double exposure captures Wesley McNair at his home in Mercer, immersed in his own words. During his five-year term as Maine’s poet laureate, which comes to an end this winter, McNair has championed the role of poetry in Mainers’ lives. As one admirer put it, McNair brings “poetry to people as a sort of conversation in which they feel included.” -
Pat Packard
Promoter and lifeblood of Saco River Theatre, Bar Mills
Pat Packard, 78, helped transform a former Grange hall into the Saco River Theatre, a center of arts and culture along the river in Bar Mills. She also has been a key player in the theater operation for 25 years. This double exposure shows Packard and the theater, combined with an image of the Saco River.
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Baby Matthew
Central Maine Medical Center operating room nurse and food pantry volunteer, Portland
At the First Assembly of God church in Portland, Baby Matthew oversees a pantry operation that gives out 10,000 pounds of food a week. Matthew’s photo is superimposed onto another image as he and other volunteers get the food ready for visitors to pick up.
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