• The Elder Elves, a volunteer program of the Senior Center at Lower Village, assemble approximately 50-75 gift bags annually for seniors who are all alone on Christmas. The bags are filled using donations from supporters and local businesses, and every item is individually hand-wrapped by the Elves. These bags are distributed to seniors by HomeHealth Visiting Nurses (formerly SMMC Visiting Nurses), the town’s social services departments and Meals on Wheels. According to Susan Pettit, Executive Director at the Senior Center at Lower Village, the Elder Elves have been providing this gift to the community since 1992. “I am so very proud of this program,” Pettit says; “The Elves themselves often donate items for the bags …the volunteers who make this all happen are fabulous people.”

• Volunteers from the Seacoast Garden Club prepare several Boxwood Trees each year for HomeHealth Visiting Nurses to distribute to patients in Arundel, Cape Porpoise, Kennebunk and Kennebunkport. 

• Greg Burns RN, a Pediatric Nurse with HHVN, provided the name of a family to the staff at Amica Insurance, who generously met the family’s needs this season.

Many HHVN staff and volunteers also bought, wrapped and delivered gifts and essential items to patients in need.

• The HHVN Intake Department sponsored two York County families.
• The HHVN Pediatric Nursing and Rehab team sponsored two families in Cumberland County.
• HHVN volunteers sponsored two families in Cumberland County.

[note: 2 photos attached. In the photo titled “Checking the List,” Nancy Hewett, Pediatric RN, is pictured at HHVN’s Portland office, checking her list of recipients next to a car loaded with donated gifts. In the photo titled “Loading the Car,” (also taken at HHVN’s Portland office) Greg Burns, Pediatric RN (pictured on the far left) and Louise Barton RN, Pediatric Clinical Supervisor (on the far right) watch while other members of HHVN’s Pediatric Nursing and Rehab Teams load the back of a visiting clinician’s SUV with donated gifts and necessities. Also attached: a close up of the contents of one of the donated gift baskets for a child in need.]

About HomeHealth Visiting Nurses
HomeHealth Visiting Nurses is a not-for-profit home health care agency providing skilled nursing, rehabilitation, home health aide support, medical social work, maternal and child health care, community health and wellness clinics, Telehealth and other services in Cumberland, York and Southern Oxford Counties to patients of all ages. HomeHealth Visiting Nurses is a member of MaineHealth. For more information, call 1-800-660-4867 or visit www.homehealth.org.

For more information on The Senior Center at Lower Village, visit www.seniorcenterkennebunk.org

For more information on the Seacoast Garden Club, visit http://www.seacoastgardenclub.org/

Press Release Contact Info:

Charity Hirst, Development & Community Relations Associate
HomeHealth Visiting Nurses
207-284-4566 ext. 4336; chirst@homehealth.org

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gBritt PR
207-775-2126

Coffee By Design’s New Coffee Lover’s Club is the Gift that Keeps on Giving

PORTLAND, Maine – Coffee lovers who want first access to the world’s finest coffees can now get what they want delivered straight to their door thanks to Coffee By Design’s Alanzo’s Coffee Lover’s Club. Available in three-month and six-month memberships, the Coffee Lover’s Club will provide members with three pounds each month of handcrafted coffees selected for their quality and rarity.

Alanzo is the traveling alter ego of Coffee By Design’s co-owner Alan Spear who spends months out of each year traveling the globe to find the best coffee grown in responsibly managed and sustainable farms.

“We are very excited to share some of our extra special coffees with people who will truly appreciate them through our new Coffee Lover’s Club,” notes Spear. “I have come across so many outstanding coffees that are sometimes only available in very small hand-picked lots. We also have other special coffees in limited amounts, such as the winners of our staff blended coffee competition, which are amazing. This new club will let us share all of those great coffees with our most loyal customers.”

Memberships in Alanzo’s Coffee Lover’s Club are available for sale now at www.coffeebydesign.com and will begin shipping in January. A three-month membership costs $150 plus shipping and a six-month membership costs $300 plus shipping.

About Coffee By Design
Coffee By Design, a Maine owned and operated coffee company, opened its first Portland retail location in 1994. Today the company operates two coffeehouse locations in Portland plus an Origins Coffee Bar, a coffeehouse in Freeport inside the L.L. Bean Flagship store and a coffee micro roastery. Coffee By Design is committed to running a sustainable business dedicated to coffee excellence, the arts and the community. With over 450 select restaurant, cafes and gourmet stores and online retail sales, their coffee is enjoyed nationwide.

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Over twenty female artists and craftwomen will be in hand to display their high quality and beautifully handcrafted pottery, handbags, glasswork, handwoven clothing and accessories, home accents, stained glass, and sculptural ceramic art. Items will range in size and price. The suggested $2.00 door donation and all lunch/refreshment proceeds will be donated to Winthrop’s Sexual Assault Crisis and Support Center. Attending this show is a great way to support local artisans and benefit a wonderful community cause!
For additional information regarding Designing Women’s upcoming show, please contact The Potter’s House at 207-582-7985 or visit Designing Women’s homepage at http://designingwomen.org.
ABOUT DESIGNING WOMEN – Designing Women is a nonprofit volunteer corporation established by female artisans from New England in 1991 to bridge art and the community by sponsoring shows that benefit local nonprofit services that support women and families.
ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT CRISIS AND SUPPORT CENTER – The Sexual Assault Crisis and Support Center is a non-profit corporation based in Winthrop, Maine that provides free and confidential services Kennebec, Somerset, Knox and Waldo counties. Services include working to lessen the trauma-related suffering of sexual assault and to promote healing by guiding those affected by sexual violence toward survival through support, advocacy, education and community collaboration. For more information, please visit http://www.silentnomore.org.

According to James Meserve, president of Next Day Art, “Industry leading companies like Hasbro, MeadWestvaco, C.R. Gibson, Demdaco and more have licensed artwork from us over the last six months.” 

In addition to the specific companies listed above, Next Day Art has negotiated licensing agreements with manufacturers of wall décor, mobile wallpaper, quilting and textile fabrics, greeting cards, collectibles, wallpaper, poster reproductions, serving trays, mugs, coasters and more.  Most of the products licensed through Next Day Art are scheduled to hit stores nationally and internationally in 2008 and 2009.

“We are very pleased, especially as a new company, with the reception we have garnered from the manufacturers and designers we work with”, commented Meserve.  “We operate under the slogan ‘Bringing Great Art to Life’ and hope to give artists another avenue to make money as well as the opportunity to share some of their beautiful works with a wider audience as they become interpreted onto various products.”   Continued Meserve, “It’s really fun and gratifying to see the products come to life and appear in stores.”

Companies that produce greeting cards, home accents, gifts, wall décor, home accents, textiles, collectibles, puzzles, calendars and more rely on Next Day Art to source and license art.   Next Day Art represents artists from Maine and the rest of the United States, as well as globally including Canada, Europe and Australia.

To find out more about Next Day Art, visit their website at www.nextdayart.com or call 207-761-4278.  For representation of licensing inquiries contact jim@nextdayart.com