COMMUNITY LIFE: RESOURCES
Community life includes civic engagement, religion, voting, membership in associations, charitable giving, community service, and inclusion of diversity. These are all factors in what is called "Social Capital" - the richness of our social life and our connections to each other.
About Social Capital
Excerpt from www.cfsv.org/communitysurvey/
How connected are Americans to each other?
• How many of your neighbors' first names do you know?
• How often do you attend parades or festivals?
• Do you volunteer at your kids' school? Or help out senior citizens?
• Do you trust your local police?
• Do you know who your U.S. senators are?
• Do you attend religious services? Or go to the theater?
• Do you sign petitions? Or attend neighborhood meetings?
• Do you think the people running your community care about you?
• Can you make a difference?
• How often do you visit with friends or family?
Three dozen community foundations, other funders, and the Saguaro Seminar of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University joined together to ask these questions of nearly 30,000 people in the largest-ever survey on the civic engagement of Americans.
In the survey, we look at how connected we are to family, friends, neighbors and civic institutions on a local and national level. These connections - our Social Capital - are the glue that hold us together and enable us to build bridges to others. This project will assist residents in each of our local communities as they work to build stronger communities and strengthen community bonds.
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(The resource list below is just a start. If you have suggestions for additions, please email info@keysregion.org )
Volunteer Programs
United Way of York County, Maine www.buildcommunity.org
United Way of the Greater Seacoast www.uwgs.org
York Hospital www.yorkhospital.com
York Schools 207-351-3016
York Hospice 207-363-7000
RSVP
Portland, Maine (800) 427-7411
Portsmouth, NH (603) 436-4310
The Greater York Region Chamber of Commerce Guidebook includes a listing of Associations and Clubs. The list below is from that source. Please call 207-363-4422 for updates or more information.
Clubs/Volunteer Organizations |
Phone |
American Legion Ramsdell-Rogers Post #56 |
207-363-0376 |
Kiwanis Club of the Seacoast |
207-439-9292 |
Kiwanis Club of York |
207-363-5966 |
Lions Club of Kittery |
207-439-0562 |
Rotary Club of Kittery |
207-439-3557 |
Rotary Club of So. Berwick |
207-676-4050 |
Rotary Club of York |
207-646-9282 |
St. Aspinquid Masonic Lodge |
207-363-4817 |
VFW Memorial Post 9394 - Kittery/Eliot |
207-439-9292 |
VFW Post 6977 |
207-363-9827 |
York Community Service Association |
207-363-5504 |
York Elks Lodge #2788 |
207-361-2788 |
York Food Pantry |
207-351-1928 |
York Lion's Club |
207-363-5873 |
Diversity Resources
NH Diversity Resources http://www.unh.edu/cspc/resources.htm
Maine Diversity Resources http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/bds/mhservices/MulticulturalResource/Contents.html
NAACP
Portland, Maine http://www.naacpportland.org/
Portsmouth, NH http://www.seacoastnaacp.com/
Seacoast Outright http://www.seacoastoutright.org/
Religious Organizations
(List coming soon; call the Chamber of Commerce at 207-363-4422)
voter organizations
To register to vote: Contact your Town Hall (see list under topic "Government")
League of Women Voters
League of Conservation Voters
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Philanthropic Organizations
Maine Philanthropy Center http://www.mainephilanthropy.org/index.cfm
