15th Annual Dover Children’s Home Tasting Tour on Thursday, June 8th from 6-9pm at Blue Latitudes, 431 Central Avenue, Dover. Enjoy a wonderful evening of exquisite appetizers, with local wine and beer pairings. Tickets are $80 per person and available at https://doverchildrenshome.org.
Spring Make and Take event on May 8th beginning 7pm at the Health Spirit Center, 9 Morgan Way, Dover. Come make items with essential oils for mom like bug spray or other items in rollerball or spray form for the spring. Call 603-868-1555 for more info.
Lecture Explores School Girl Maps in Maine
South Berwick, Maine- Old Berwick Historical Society will present a lecture by Dr. Libby Bischof Thursday, April 27 at 7:00pm at the First Parish Federated Church in South Berwick. fter the American Revolution, dozens of academies to educate young women opened up throughout Maine and New England. Geography was a significant aspect of education in 19th-century America. Dr. Bischof will discuss the fascinating and understudied genre of “school girl maps.” Young women drew, copied, embellished maps, atlases, and globes. These decorative manuscripts reveal much about the education of women in 19th-century New England, and the personal and family histories of the individual young women who crafted the maps.
A nineteenth-century American cultural historian, Professor Bischof specializes in the history of photography, particularly in Maine. She is the co-author of the 2015 book Maine Photography: A History, 1840-2015. She is the Executive Director of the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education at USM. Prof. Bischof has received fellowship support for her research and publications from the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum and Research Center for American Modernism, the Beinecke Library at Yale University, the Center for Creative Photography, the Peter E. Palmquist Foundation for Historical Photographic Research and the Maine Women Writers Collection
The lecture is free and open to the public, no registration is required. The lecture will be recorded and posted to the society’s website. The Old Berwick Historical Society’s 2023 lectures are generously sponsored by Kennebunk Savings and supported by historical society members and donors.
Sat. May 6, 8-noon, Annual YARD SALE at First Church Congregational, 63 S. Main ST, Rochester. 603-332-1121, firstucc@atlanticbbn.net, first-ucc.net, Facebook.com/firstchurchrochester
The May Seacoast Women’s Network meeting is on May 23rd from 6pm to 8:30pm at the Grill 28 in Portsmouth. It’s networking night. Learn more at https://www.seacoastwomensnetwork.com/.
Spring Make and Take event on May 8th beginning 7pm at the Health Spirit Center, 9 Morgan Way, Dover. Come make items for mom like bug spray or other items in rollerball or spray form for the spring. Call 603-868-1555 for more info.
Moms On The Run 5K is on Sunday, May 14th starting time 9am at Dover High School. Runners and walkers of all ages and abilities are invited to join us. Proceeds will go to Zebra Crossings, whose camp programs support and empower children with chronic medical conditions and their families. For more information go to www.zebra-crossings.org/run/
Field of Honor event scheduled for May 27-29 at Rochester Common. Purchase a flag for $40 from Vouchers for Veterans and dedicate to a veteran. Proceeds provide veterans with vouchers for food purchases at farmers markets throughout the seacoast. Support this event at www.vouchersforveterans.org
Annual Blueberry Pancake BREAKFAST at First Church Congregational, 63 S. Main ST, Rochester on Sat. April 22nd from 8-11am. $8 for 1, 2 or 3 pancakes or scrambled eggs, ham or bacon, orange juice, coffee, tea hot chocolate or milk. Bring a non-perishable or personal care item for our FOOD PANTRY. Call 603-332-1121 for more info.
Second Annual
Charity Corn Hole Tournament to be Hosted by Dover, Rollinsford, South Berwick Lions Club
For Immediate Release: The Dover, Rollinsford, South Berwick Lions Club is hosting its second annual Corn Hole Tournament to benefit pediatric cancer research at Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth. Gold, Silver and Bronze Sponsorships are available through June 14, 2023.
The event will take place at The Barn at Dunn Farm in Berwick, Maine on August 12, 2023 from 11am to 5pm.
Last year the group raised $3400 for Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth Health thanks to the local business community that rallied to support the cause, including SC Digital/Loud Canvas Media, Jennifer Halteman Insurance, New England Prospect, Dean Brothers Landscaping, Souther’s Construction, Bank of NH, Cornhole by the Ackley’s, Insurrcomm, Envoy Mortgage, Ortho Lazer, Loan Depot, Aztec Financial, First Seacoast Bank, Silver Fountain Inn and Servpro.
This year’s goal is to raise $10,000 for Dartmouth Health Children’s, New Hampshire’s only children’s hospital. According to Sarah E. Earnest, Development Officer of the Dartmouth Cancer Center, Dartmouth is poised to have a direct and immediate impact on preventing cancer in children as a national leader in cancer research. Dartmouth researchers are working to refine approaches, protocols, and education for pediatric screening in a way that empowers doctors and parents — and saves children’s lives.
Turnout is expected to exceed 500 people, including players and spectators. Sponsors will be featured on T-shirts, banners, plus additional options.
For more information, or to become a sponsor, visit https://birdease.com/cornholeforacure
The Lions Club of Dover, Rollinsford and South Berwick is a member of the Lions Club International, which began in 1917. Their motto is “We Serve.” The club gathers on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month at Cara Irish Pub in Dover.
For more information about the Dover, Rollinsford, South Berwick Lions Club, visit https://www.facebook.com/DRSBLionsClub
