Seminar and book signing to benefit cancer center

Internationally known Yarmouth resident, Dr. Mona Lisa Schultz, is about to release her seventh book on May 15, called “The Intuitive Advisor: A Psychic Doctor Teaches You.”

A seminar and book signing will be from 6:30 to 10 p.m., Friday, May 29 at the Harraseeket Inn in Freeport. Doors will open for seating at 6 p.m. and the seminar will begin at 6:30 p.m. A champagne and dessert reception and book-signing will follow.

Leapin’ Lizards will have books available for purchase at this event. Tickets are $50 each and can only be purchased through the Cancer Community Center in South Portland. For tickets call 774-2200, visit www.cancercommunitycenter.org to order online or pick them up in person at 778 Main St. (Route 1) in South Portland. 

 In her book, Schulz shows you how to combine intuition with intelligence to solve pressing health problems. 

Schulz has been a practicing medical intuitive for 19 years. She has a doctorate in behavioral neuroscience from Boston University School of Medicine. 

Volunteer for road race

Volunteers are needed for this year’s TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10K Road Race on Aug. 1, especially in the areas of recycling and the Kids Fun Run race on Friday, July 31. There are also spaces available on the race course working with the water station program.

 Those who wish to help before can sign up online at www.beach2beacon.org. Organizers are urging volunteers to sign up early for the best job selection. Call 272-3545 with questions.

 Returning volunteers who wish to work in the same area as in previous years are asked to register by June 15.

Taize service June 7

Candlelight Meditation Service at Peoples United Methodist Church, 7 p.m., Saturday, June 7. This is a chance to worship apart from the busyness and noise of everyday with meditative music, prayer, Scripture and silent reflection in candlelight in the Taizé tradition. There is a time for snacks and fellowship afterward. The church is located at 310 Broadway in South Portland. For more information call 799-6814.

SPHS students award grants 

Students in the Jobs for Maine’s Graduates (JMG) program at South Portland High School participated in a new program to learn about the grant making process and give back to youth-serving organizations in their community.  

Called “Jumpstart Our Youth” and funded by the Unity Foundation, the program allowed South Portland High School, along with many other Maine high schools, to award $1,000 grants to community organizations. JMG students in South Portland reviewed dozens of proposals before granting $500 each to Day One and Family Crisis Services.

 On May 6, JMG students from teacher Randy Inosensio’s class presented checks to both organizations.  One of Inosensio’s students felt so strongly about choosing Day One for the grant he made presentations to each of the four JMG classes at the school and shared his personal experiences with drugs and alcohol and the difference Day One had made in his life. Day One is Maine’s leading agency in the fight against adolescent substance abuse.

 In presenting the check to Day One, he said, “If the money went to you it would help more people like me with problems.”  

The student participated in Day One’s Intensive Outpatient Program, designed for youth whose substance abuse is heavily interfering in their ability to attend school, participate as a member of the family and be a healthy member of their community. The program runs for three hours, three days per week for eight weeks. Since finishing the program, the student continues to see a Day One counselor on a regular basis.

The JMG program at South Portland High School intends to participate in the “Jumpstart Our Youth” program again next year. It gave them the opportunity to research and learn about local organizations that are making a difference in their community. Students then reviewed proposals, heard presentations and voted on the organizations to receive the grants. Day One’s grant will be used to support its outpatient services program. 

For more information about Day One, call 874-1045 or visit www.day-one.org.

Howard donates books to USM

Albert A. Howard of South Portland, who worked as a cataloger in the University of Southern Maine libraries for 35 years until his retirement in 2005, donated five rare books from his extensive personal collection to the University of Southern Maine’s Special Collections in honor of Selma Botman’s inauguration as the 10th president of USM.  The books are Greek and Roman dictionaries printed during the Renaissance between 1499 and 1549 in Milan, Venice and Rome.

The Albert A. Howard Book History Collection will eventually bring more than 1,200 rare books to USM, as well as an endowment for the collection’s care and expansion. The Howard Collection includes a 1553 edition of the first illustrated children’s book, popular poetry collections from the 16th century, and a book on gardening published in the late 1500s.