Teleconference

LEWISTON – Hospice Foundation of America’s 14th annual teleconference, “Living with Grief: Before and After the Death,” will be held on March 22 at the Colisee and at Franklin Memorial Hospital, Farmington. The national award-winning community seminar will be co-hosted by Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice and the Fortin Group-Funeral and Cremation Services.

Three continuing education credits are available through the Hospice Foundation of America for nurses, social workers, case managers, home health aides, counselors, funeral directors, clergy, psychologists, physicians, EMS personnel, EAPs and nursing home administrators.

There is a fee of $25 if processing the CE form online or $35 payable at the event. Call 795-9537 for more information and to register for the Colisee. To register for the Franklin Memorial Hospital site, call 779-2554 or e-mail [email protected].

Funds for camp

BRIDGTON – The Moonlight Charity Challenge held Feb. 2 at Shawnee Peak raised more than $35,000 for Camp Sunshine in Casco. The event raised $50,000 overall, with the remaining proceeds benefiting the Shawnee Peak Adaptive Skiing Program.

Of the $35,000 raised for Camp Sunshine, $10,000 will help support the continued running of the camp’s winter program, and the other $25,000 will be added to the Shawnee Peak Family Sponsorship Fund at the camp, which will endow one family sponsorship in perpetuity.

For more information about Camp Sunshine’s programs, which now take place year-round, and to learn more about volunteering or making a donation, visit the camp’s Web site at www.campsunshine.org, or call 655-3800. For additional information on Shawnee Peak, visit www.shawneepeak.com.

Scholarships

AUGUSTA – The American Lung Association of Maine will award $500 Golf Privilege Card Scholarships to three high school seniors in Maine. Students must plan to pursue higher education in a field relating to health education, health promotion, medicine, or the environment. They must also have involvement with the game of golf, either as a player or as an employee of a golf-related business.

The card costs $70 and offers free or reduced greens fees at more than 100 golf courses throughout Maine. It also includes driving ranges and more than 20 courses in New Hampshire and eastern Canada. Proceeds support the work of the American Lung Association of Maine.

Students interested in applying for a scholarship will be asked to provide a written essay and personal references. Lung Association staff and board members will review the applications and choose the three winners. The deadline for submission of applications is April 1. Awards will be announced in early May.

For additional information, visit www.mainelung.org or contact Sherene Roberts at 1-888-241-6566, ext. 112, or e-mail: [email protected].

Bulb project

AUGUSTA – The Local Light Bulb Project is a grassroots initiative focused on getting town support for using energy efficient light bulbs in all public building supported with taxpayer dollars; i.e. town office, fire station, library.

As budget committees complete their work of preparing warrant items for town meetings, residents are being asked to add a warrant item regarding the use of energy efficient bulbs.

There are two ways towns can commit to the project. They can vote to set aside a small fund to purchase energy efficient bulbs or, if they’ve already closed their books for the year, they can commit to replace bulbs, as they burn out, with energy efficient ones.

Town governments can purchase energy efficient bulbs at a discount, either in retail or wholesale quantities. For a current list of wholesale partners that would provide towns with a discount, call Efficiency Maine at 1-866-376-2463.

For more about the Local Light bulb Project, visit http://www.sustainablewesternmaine.org/events.html.

Apply online

High school seniors headed to college this fall may apply online for scholarships awarded by TD Banknorth as part of the “TD Banknorth Promise” program created to help Maine youth.

Scholarships of $2,500 will be awarded to 10 Maine high school seniors who will enroll in a post-secondary institution. The program is designed to reward students from low- to moderate-income households for academic excellence and to help offset their higher education costs.

Recipients are also offered an optional three-month paid internship position with TD Banknorth after their first year of post-secondary education.

For more information or to obtain an application, go to www.mesfoundation.com, or call the MES Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that is administering the scholarship program for TD Banknorth, at 1-800-922-6352.

Awards are based on financial need, academic achievement, involvement in school activities, community volunteer activity, work experience and a required essay. The application deadline is April 15. Scholarship recipients will be announced in June.