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St. Francis Community and the New Farmhouse

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 Homeworkers Organized for More Employment

Celebrating 40 years of "Serving First Those Who Suffer Most"


If you have a story or pictures of your experiences at h.o.m.e. as a volunteer, shelter resident, or staff member, please share them with us for the Anniversary issues of h.o.m.e.'s newsletter, This Time


You can read the .pdf files of pur newsletter on-line! 
Please let us know if you do not need a printed copy of the paper so we can save the postage!



To ensure life's basic necessities:

gardens and food banks

This Time
h.o.m.e.
 newsletter  

Emmaus Water Rights poster

Shelter

Food

Work

Education

News
Water

h.o.m.e. Inc. is a 501(c)3 charity that relies on your support and contributions to fulfill our missions.


Please make plans to attend h.o.m.e.'s
Country Fair and Giant Benefit Auction
August 15, 2010!

Marco Scutaro autographed baseball
Auction Information Page


And we need your donations of new & antique items, gifts certificates, vehicles, and anything else that can be sold at auction, on e-bay, or at a yard sale to raise money for our many programs.
All donations are tax-deductible!


Support h.o.m.e. by buying a RAFFLE Ticket for our QUILT Raffle!
Christmas Quilt
  Click this image to print raffle tickets

The drawing will be held at the Annual Auction on Aug. 15.


Or you can support h.o.m.e. by buying (or help selling) tickets for our
2010 Summer Sweepstakes
First Prize:  $500,   Second Prize: $250,  Third Prize: $100
We draw the winners at our Benefit Auction on the third Sunday in August
Suggested Donation:   $1.00 each or Six tickets for $5.00


Click here to print a sheet of tickets and send them in with your donation!
Invite your friends to participate as well


Spring 2010 Appeal Letter from h.o.m.e. founder Sr. Lucy


We are working on bringing you a History of h.o.m.e.
Check out our history  page!

Our next Cultural Exchange trip to our sister community in Guatemala is coming up in October.
Please contact Karen at 207-469-7961 for details and an application.
Please help us support our sister Emmaus community
and help rebuild the villages destroyed by the recent hurricane!
ruined house
See pictures of the devastation and our recent mission trip ot the
Emmaus Community in Guatemala


We are always looking for tax deductible donations of money, clothes, vehicles, food, antiques, etc.

You can even donate securely on line directly to h.o.m.e.'s PayPal account:






We invite you to help us by volunteering , donating money, vehicles, or building material, or shopping at our stores.

Here's how to volunteer at h.o.m.e.

Click here for Information on Another Way to Support h.o.m.e.!

When you sell an item on eBay

or
Click here to support h.o.m.e. by buying some of the items we sell on eBay

or
Click here to link directly to eBay



...Come back next year to order your wreath! ... Order crafts anytime!

Wreaths                  h.o.m.e. logo Maine Made Crafts




Guatemala weaver

We are part of the World EMMAUS Movement.
Emmaus Water Rights poster

 We are part of the Rural Coalition, an international association of rural communities seeking a more sustainable food system with fair returns to minority and small farmers.The Super Maket Coop
The SuperMarket Coop


h.o.m.e. facebook page


 

--- H.O.M.E. Inc., established in 1970 as a craft cooperative, is a multi-faceted organization involved in economic reconstruction and social rehabilitation. In its 30+ years of existence, it has grown from the single retail store where home crafters could sell their goods into a small community offering jobs, food, education, temporary shelter and home ownership to people and families in need. 
--- H.O.M.E. has seen from its beginning days that although the ownership of a home is of fundamental importance to a family, other services are needed to ensure family stability and foster self-esteem. In response to these needs, its activities have grown to include: 

    Five shelters for the homeless, and a social outreach program that touches the lives of several hundred persons annually. 

    A food bank, a soup kitchen, a recovery barn and thrift store (clothes and household goods)

    Abby's Attic, a thrift shop with a large variety of items, located on Acadia Highway in the same building as the East Orland Post Office. 

    Desktop publishing: St. Francis Press is the publishing arm of the h.o.m.e.-emmaus community.  We have published many books from poetry chap books, cook books, through historical books and novels.

    A learning center which includes a day-care center, literacy instruction, GED preparation, craft training, and computer training.  

    A craft store featuring homemade items from more than 200 Maine residents, and handmade items from our
    Sister Emmaus Community in Guatemala..

    Pottery studio, woodworking shop, weaving studio, Quilting & Stitchery studio, stained glass shop, a small museum and a chapel. 

    A garden program, Greenhouses and Farmer's Market. 

    A Free Medical Clinic. 

    Balsam Christmas Wreaths: wholesale, retail and mail order. 

    A publication department, including the quarterly newsletter: This Time

    Employment in lumber mill, shingle mill, garage and house construction. 

    A land trust - the Covenant Community Land Trust is a house-building program in which low-income families participate in the construction of their new homes. Thirty houses have been built so far. 

    H.O.M.E. currently has Fjord horses for sale!

The more the needs of low-income people have grown,
the greater has been the response of H.O.M.E. in making
the case for a different kind of world for them.


Please come and visit us!

H.O.M.E. is on US Routes 1 and 3, on top of the hill, a couple of miles east of Bucksport, Maine.

H.O.M.E. / Emmaus

 

P.O. Box 10
Orland, Maine 04472
tel.: 207-469-7961--- fax: 207-469-1023
email us at:   e-mail address



--- That same day two of them went to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem. And they talked together of all these things which had happened. During their conversation and discussion, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them. . .
--- And it came to pass, as he sat at the table with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; ... and they rose up at once, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, ... And they told what had happened on the road, and how they had recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread.

-- Luke 24


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