Discover practical steps and essential tips for effectively decluttering and organizing your home. Learn proven strategies to tackle clutter without feeling overwhelmed and uncover common pitfalls to avoid. Whether you're tackling a specific room or your entire home, this session will empower you with the knowledge and motivation to achieve a more organized and peaceful living environment.

Amy Smith, Occupational Therapist turned professional organizer, brings a unique perspective to her work through her extensive background in healthcare. She is dedicated to empowering people to thrive in their homes and live life to the fullest.

Send and receive postcards from all over the world! The idea is simple: for every postcard you send, you will receive one back from a random postcrosser from somewhere in the world. All you need is a postcard, a stamp, and a pen! Postcrossing brings many people together, making the world a smaller and happier place, one postcard at a time. There are countless reports of new friendships made, new languages learned, and numerous cultural facts about other countries that people learned through their exchanges in the project. Join Julie as she walks you through setting up your free postcrossing account, address your postcards and decorate them how you'd like. What a unique and fun way to meet people from all walks of life! Please bring your smartphone or tablet and a pen.

Julie Bolton is a former teacher, website designer, and product manager for a software company. She joined Postcrossing in 2023 when she moved to Maine from Ohio and wants to share her love of international postcrossing with more Mainers. She attended her first postcrossing meetup in Biddeford in the summer of 2024 and met others from Maine and Massachusetts who love connecting around this fun hobby. She is active on the Board of Directors of Saco Main Street and loves calling Maine her new home!

Do you wish you had a better understanding regarding your social security and Medicare benefits? Do you want to make sure you're getting the most out of your benefits? Join us to learn how!

Sarah Blondin discovered her love of assisting others through training in the financial services sector. Her main priorities are developing relationships with individuals and helping them understand how money works and how to make it work best for them.

Brianna Henward is a graduate of Cornell University for Business and a local health insurance and medicare advisor, a new mom and caretaker for her adult, special needs sister.

What Folks Near, At, or In Retirement Need To know

Retirement doesn’t mean escaping taxes—in fact, it’s one of the top challenges you’ll face as you plan for the future and understanding them is essential to preserving your income throughout your retirement. In this workshop, we will uncover critical tax issues that can erode your retirement savings and discuss practical strategies to protect your wealth. Understanding how taxes will impact your income is essential to preserving your money throughout your retirement. You'll learn about Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs); how to calculate them and how they impact your taxes. Also, how Social Security, pensions, dividends, and interest affect your taxes. We'll even cover strategies such as Roth IRA conversions, tax loss harvesting, and how a step-up in tax basis and Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs) can work to your advantage. By the end, you'll have knowledge and actionable strategies to consider that may help preserve your assets, maximize tax efficiency, and make your retirement dollars last. Please bring a notebook/pen and a calculator.

 Anthony Corsino, owner of Zen Financial Planning, LLC in Andover, MA, holds a BS from Bentley, a Certificate in Financial Planning from Boston University, and holds other designations and certificates from The American College of Financial Services, The College for Financial Planning, and Villanova. He teaches financial planners nationwide in multiple university programs and serves as a subject matter expert at Boston University, Regis College, and through Greene Consulting, which partners with several universities including UNH and James Madison.

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Take a virtual tour through ecomaine’s Single Sort Recycling Facility to discover how we sort your soup cans and laundry bottles and why wish-cycling costs you money. Bring your questions and examples of any questionable recyclable items. Registration closes at noon on 3/5.

Annie Hayes holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Planning & Policy with a minor in Ecology from the University of Southern Maine. After starting as an Education and Outreach Intern at ecomaine during her junior year in 2022, she transitioned to the role of Environmental Educator following her graduation in 2024. Her commitment to education and advocacy drives her efforts to make a positive impact in the Maine community.

Discover new techniques in gua sha, specifically for application to the meridians and their associated organs to support organ health. Learn more about the meridian map and discover how to apply gua sha to yourself and others for chest congestion, stomach aches, menstrual cramps, and headaches. Wear a swimsuit top (no sports bras) if you'd like work done on the skin of your upper back and shoulders. Gua sha spoons provided; we will also discuss other tools you can use.

Lisa Bouchard, a qualified massage therapist and acupuncturist, founded the MassageCraft & Acupuncture clinic in 1991.

In the US alone, there are over 38 million persons who suffer from diabetes! Learn about the various types of diabetes and how it develops in the body. Talk about how the environment and heredity contribute to the illness. Find out what the symptoms are, and discuss the organs that control sugar metabolism and the body's control over insulin and glucose. If you or a loved one have been diagnosed with prediabetes or diabetes, you don't want to miss this series!

Sarah Cote is a board certified Nurse Practitioner in Diabetes Education and Advanced Diabetes Management. She owns and operates a private diabetes-focused practice in Southern ME.

An estimated 11.3 million tons of textile waste end up in landfills each year in America. Let's keep some clothes out of the landfill by learning basic hand-mending stitches! Explore different stitch techniques and create your own cloth stitching sampler book to take home. All materials provided.

Sara Ottomano has more than 10 years of experience teaching art classes. She enjoys encouraging others to play with materials, explore sustainable artmaking practices, and create stories together.