Footprint

Footprint

Greetings Cobscook Family!

It’s with a warm smile that contrasts this frigid Maine morning that I write to you all with a wonderful set of news. First, I would like to introduce myself to the wonderful constellation of caring community members far and wide– you! My name is Colby Soctomah-Lewey and I am one of the Co-Chairs of the Board of Directors at Cobscook Institute. I previously served on the board many seasons ago, and I believe it most appropriate to try to share my enthusiasm for the work that we are doing and what is coming up in the future. 

Raising a New Roof

Raising a New Roof

When Ryan Cross created the design for our new shirt this past fall, the silhouette of Rice Hall on the hill was instantly recognizable and a fitting emblem for Cobscook as a whole. Since the first days of Cobscook, Rice Hall has been representative of our mission–the materials for the construction were financed by the community, the design included a community learning around timber frame construction, and we kicked off the building with a “barn raising” of the initial frame. In the nearly 18 years since Rice Hall went live, it has served as the nest for staff, students, and community partners all doing the good work of sharing, learning, and building connection.

Gratitude

Gratitude

Every year, hundreds of individuals and organizations from our community give generously of their time, their skills, their money, or make donations of items or equipment that will sustain Cobscook’s mission of strengthening the well-being of our community. Without their gifts, none of what we do would be possible.

Thank you to our 2022 donors

Bob & Ruth Ahrens

Steve Albright

Nancy Asante

Kathleen & William 

  Attick

James & Joanne 

  Ausprey

Jim & Jeanne 

  Backhaus

Stephanie Bailey

Louise Barteau

Susanne Bear

Ron Beard

Mark & Kathleen 

  Beaudouin

Ron Beckwith & 

  Pauline Alexander

Skip & Michaela 

  Beitzel

Nancy & Warren 

  Berkowitz

Ellen Grunblatt & 

  Steve Bien

Todd Bonafanti

Victoria & Standish 

  Bourne III

Suzanne Bowles

Leslie Bowman

Margaret M. Boyle

Linda Bredt

Patricia Brennan

Gary Bridgham

Jane Briggs

Betty-Jo & Ed Brine

Alan Brooks

Laura & Colin Brown

Patricia Brown & 

  Joseph Van Eaton

Betsy & Herb Wilson

Florence Brunner

Pamela Bruno

Marcia Burchstead

David Burggraff

Kathie & Jack 

  Burnett

Angela & Charlie 

  Calder

Carol Carew

Vanessa Celosse

Erin Chalmers & 

  Julia Drees

Tim Christensen

Anna Churchill

Laughlin Clarke

Corinne Claunch

William Clausen

Sharlene & Will 

  Cochrane

Russ Cohen

Barry Costa-Pierce

John Newell & Linda 

  Courtney

Michelle Cousineau 

  & Bob Spencer

Bridget Culleton

Charlotte Cushman

Joe & Sue Cyr

Michael Cyr

Eva Daigle

Lisa Dellwo & Bill 

  Schlessinger

Susan & Andrew 

  Dewey

mark dickerson

Andrea Dotolo

Maxene Doty

Carol & David Dowley

Chloe Dowley & Tom 

  Boutureira

Brian & Sue Carroll 

  Duffy

Karen Durward

Petra Hall & Rhonda 

  Feinman

David Fenderson

John Ferguson

Meri Fern

Jada Fitch

Kathleen Fitzgerald

Janet Fix

Angela Fochesato

Alexandria Fouliard

George & Pat Fowler

Cyril & Dute Francis

Paul Francis & Titia 

  Hulst

Steven Freiman

Joanna Frescoln

Elizabeth Fulton

Eileen Furth

Jane Furth

Alan Furth & Katie 

  MacGregor

Jessica Gardner

Diane & Lloyd 

  Getchell

Sanna McKim & Alan 

  Gibson

Denise Giguere

Cate & Dick Gilbane

Regina Grabrovac

Kathleen Graf

Ginny Green & Larry 

  Lutz

Jeanne Guisinger

Babette & Jane 

  Gwynn

Bill Tedesco & Larry 

  Hall

Hans Holznagel & 

  Kathryn Harlow

Butch & Janna Harris

Shaun Haskins

Dana & Dixie Hatton

Sam & Jan Hayward

Martha Heald

Angus King & Mary 

  Herman

Alberta Mary Hill

Amy & Bruce 

  Hodgdon

Mark Hoffman

Paula & Eric Holm & 

  Family

Annie & Rafi Hopkins

Nancy Houlihan

Pat Fry & Gary 

  Howard

Marcia & I. 

  Christopher Howell

Dick Hoyt & Jean 

  Bookman

Gabe Hyrnick

Sepp Huber & Sheila 

  Unvala

Nancy Hume & Jim 

  Merlihan

Scott Johnson

William & Judith 

  Jones

Amy Jourdet

Jennifer Kane & 

  Bernie Trilling

Molly Kealy

Theresa Kerchner & 

  Jim Perkins

Tess Wright & Joyce 

  Kiilmer

Joanna Kimionakis

Stephen & Becky 

  King

Peter & Carol Kirn

Elinor Klivans

Shannon Knight

Suzanne & Mark 

  Kontak

Elizabeth Koopman

Alice & Doug Kraus

Jeff Johnson & 

  Gretchen Kruysman

Katie Kurz

Thea Lamoureux

Megan LeBoutillier

Joseph Lelyveld

Darcy & Richard 

  Lettieri

Abbe Levin

Newell Lewey & 

  Jamie Bissonette

Lisa Llorente

John Lorence

Daphne Loring

Babette & Peter 

  Loring

Fred Lowe

Duane & Carol 

  Lowenstein

Ann Luginbuhl

Priscilla Lynch

Tom & Pam 

  MacDonald

John & Sue 

  MacGregor

Barb & Paul 

  MacGregor

Cynthia Major

Pat Mallar

Joanne Marian

Sally Mayer

Michael McCabe

Bruce & Jeannie 

  McCarthy

Sue & Mike 

  McCrimmon

Kara McCrimmon 

  & Penny 

  Guisinger

Patricia McDaid

Mary Ann McGarry

Maria McMorrow

Amy Meller

George & Rose 

  Mellors

Donna Merkel

Lyn Mikel Brown & 

  Mark Tappan

Kristine Millard

Leslie Miller

Dale Miller

Howard Seth Miller

Brian & Pat 

  Milliken

Renee Minsky

Elizabeth & 

  Richard Mistler

Molly Mithoefer

Liza Moore & Arnie 

  Macdonald

Cindy & Joe 

  Morrison

Margaret Morse

Larkspur Morton

Joyce Mykleby & 

  Bob Von Rotz

Alex Naar

Sandra & John 

  Newell

Peter Grua & Mary 

  O'Connell

Dayle Owen

Dylan Pardue

Jane & Glenn 

  Page

Jane Page

Darryl Parker

Audrey Patterson

Karen Pattist

Kelly Pennington

Gail Peters

Bonnie Phillips

Fred Pierce

Suzanne Plaut

Jennifer Plaut & 

  LeRoy Danielson

Judith Podell

Fran Pollitt & Frank 

  Briber

JoAnn Portalupi & 

  Ralph Fletcher

Katie Porter

Judith Pratt

Jesse Pyles

Andy Radin

Lisa Ravis

David Ray

Howard Reed & 

  Judith Ashley

Ala & Bill Reid

Gerald & Dawn 

  Reis

Donna Reis

Becca Chase & 

  Paula Ressler

Jane Reynolds

Paula (Denbow) Rhodes & Brian 

  Rhodes

Lew & Bunny 

  Richards

Sue Riddle

Ruth Rohde & 

  Sigmund Roos

Alexandra Furth & 

  Josh Rosenberg

Nan Rudolph

Lee-Ann Ruf

Dee Knisley & 

  John Ruger

Sallie & Bill 

  Satterthwaite

Judith Beth Cohen 

  & Mark Schneider

Susan Smith & 

  Alan Schroepfer

Julia Schulz

Brian & Alice 

  Schuth

Kristine Schwartz

Deborah Seavey

Dwight & Melinda 

  Seegmiller

Laura Seymour

David & Ann 

  Simmons

Judy Futch & Paul 

  Smith

Michael & 

  Suzanne Smith

Madonna 

  Soctomah

James & Ruby 

  Sosa

Don & Sheri 

  Sprangers

Joe Stacey

Bryan & Holly 

  Stacey

Richard Stanhope 

  & Janice Green

Kitty Stemac

Sally & Glenn 

  Stephenson

Ginnie Stevens

Dave Winski & 

  Laurel Storm

Betta Stothart

Shelagh Talbot

Pam Taylor

Fred Telischi

William & Margaret 

  Thickstun

Kevin & Lisa 

  Thompson

Jason & Sherri 

  Tracey

Gayle Shaw & 

  Sara Treat

Frank Trocco

Hans & Rosemary 

  Underdahl

Geri Valentine

Bernie & Patty 

  Vinzani

John & Terry 

  Viselli

Pat Warner

Katherine Warren

Valerie Watson

Margaret Welles

Kelly Wentworth

Janet Weston

Damon Weston & 

  Molly McDonald

Shanna Wheelock

William Whitacre

Jean & Jerry White

Debbie Wilder

Sally Wilson

Danielle Woerner

Carlie Wolfe & 

  Brannin Buehner

R Wood

Arlene & Mark 

  Wren

Sharon Yates

Bo Yerxa

Kirstin Zona

Thomas Zona

AARP Maine

Allen Equine 

  Associates

Amazon Smile

Biological 

  Aquaculture Fdn 

  LLC

Christ Episcopal 

  Church New to 

  You Thrift Store

Cohill's Inn

Downeast Salmon

   Federation

Downeast Wind

Eastern Maine 

  Electric 

  Cooperative

Edmunds 

  Consolidated 

  School

Elmina B. Sewall 

  Foundation

Fundy Bay 

  Chapter of the 

  Maine Audubon

GFWC-Lubec 

  Woman's Club

Healthy Acadia

Helen & George 

  Ladd Charitable 

  Corporation

J. M. Huber 

  Corporation

John Sage 

  Foundation

Johnson & 

  Johnson

Karma-Ratna Trust

Kate & Keith 

  Photography

Kranzdorf Family 

  Foundation

Machias Savings 

  Bank

Maine Blackfly 

  Breeders 

  Association

Maine Community 

  Foundation

Maine Department

   of Economic & 

  Community 

  Development

Margaret E 

  Burnham 

  Charitable Trust

Meadow Fund of 

  SVCF

Morton-Kelly 

  Charitable Trust

Onion Foundation

Passamaquoddy 

  Wild Blueberry 

  Company

R.B. Allen Co., Inc.

Roosevelt 

  Campobello 

  International Park

Stahnke + Kitigawa

   Architects

Stone Foundation 

  of New Jersey

The Murray 

  Charitable Trust

The Reny's 

  Charitable 

  Foundation

United Way of 

  Eastern Maine

Windgate 

  Foundation

If your name was omitted from this list in error, please let us know so we can correct it.

Now Is the Time for Action

Now Is the Time for Action

Preventing the worst effects of the climate crisis requires action now. We’re positioning ourselves as an innovator in the green energy transition. In March 2023, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its most recent report, reiterating the science from reports they've released over the last few years. The climate crisis is here, and we need to make systemic changes now to avert the worst outcomes.