Shine A Light on Literacy

Thank you to all who helped with “Cassidy’s Birthday Book Drive” to Shine a Light on Childhood Literacy! We collected hundreds of children’s books during the month of August to help fill the shelves of Little Free Libraries located in Central Maine. In partnership with Augusta Literacy for ME, delivered books on Cassidy’s birthday August 31st. Shout out to Camden National Bank for being a collection site!

A Little Free Library is a “take a book, share a book” free book exchange in communities nationally and internationally. More than a dozen Little Free Libraries exist in central Maine, including a ShineOnCass Lending Library for children at the Alfond Youth and Community Center in Waterville.

Visit one of the local Little Free Libraries listed below. We will keep delivering! #shineoncass

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​Local Little Free Libraries You Can Visit!
Williams Elementary School, Oakland
Atwood Elementary School, Oakland
Calumet Park: 182 Northern Ave., Augusta
Cunningham Park: 15 North St., Augusta
Williams Park: 11 Quimby St., Augusta
McCalls Park: 1st Ave., Augusta
Buker Center, 22 Armory St., Augusta
Inland Hospital, 200 KMD Waterville
97 Water Street, Waterville
43 Heritage Rd., Oakland
Sidney Food Pantry, 3022 W River Road, Sidney
KVCAP/Educare, 56 Drummond Ave., Waterville
Thorne Family Farm 361 Abbott Road, Winslow
230 Covell Road, Fairfield
53 Mountain Drive, Rome
17 Richardson Road, Rome
2 Silvermount St., Waterville

ShineOnCass Foundation started "Shine A  Light on Literacy" -- a project to help put books into the hands of local youth. Hundreds of children's books are collected and distributed annually to kids attending ShineOn Oakland Day at Oakfest and through Little Free Libraries throughout central Maine!

Shining a Light During Covid-19 

Blue Heart Project 2020

​ShineOnCass Foundation was honored to partner with #HealthCareHeroes, a national grassroots effort to recognize, unite and thank healthcare providers around the globe for their heroism during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Our volunteers prepared and delivered thousands of blue hearts to employees at MaineGeneral Medical Center, Redington Fairview General Hospital, St. Joseph’s Nursing Home and other community providers, like Maine Eye Doctors. If you’d like to receive blue hearts for your healthcare employee badges in our community, please contact us at [email protected]!   #ShineOnCass

    

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Kindness Matters
​Bookmark Project

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​Belgrade Central Elementary School Teacher Mrs. Lachance Shines Cassidy's Light every day in her 4th grade classroom. As Cassidy's friend and now a member of the Board of the ShineOnCass Foundation, Mrs. Lachance proudly shares the story of how Cassidy devoted her short life to service and kindness. She explains how Cassidy’s friends and family look for ways to shine her light, and their own, into the world. 

Inspired, the students researched kindness initiatives and decided on creating Kindness Matters bookmarks with special messages. Each student then secretly places these messages inside books in their library, for the next reader to find!  

Mrs. Lachance's students are hopeful other classes, schools and libraries will adopt their project -- maybe even find their bookmark! But mostly, they are proud to be the first class to launch this special ShineOnCass Kindness project. Shine On!

If you’d like ShineOnCass Kindness Matters Bookmarks to personalize and share in your school or local library, you can DOWNLOAD SHINEONCASS BOOKMARKS HERE or EMAIL US to request printed materials.

#ShineOnCass

ShineOnCass bookmarks have been spotted in local libaries and recently in this book in a Little Lending Library in Augusta, Maine!

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