Non-Profit and Volunteer Organizations Lubec, Maine
Non-profit and Voluntary Organizations
Visitors and new residents often ask us about volunteering in Lubec. This page is our attempt to answer that question - but it is not inclusive. New groups are springing up as this is written. The organizations go from the traditional Masons, Lions, and Woman's Club to the groups specific to Lubec such as Save Our Strays and the committee to establish a Lost Fishermen's Memorial. They might each be very different, but all are striving to improve life in Lubec and would welcome your participation and donations.
The Association to Promote and Protect the Lubec Environment (APPLE)
Founded in 2005, APPLE strives to promote and protect the historical, cultural, ecological and economic environment of the Lubec area. Tours of Lubec and Cobscook began providing tours in 2005 of Sightseeing and History of Lubec and Campobello, Explore the Intertidal Shore, and Bogs and the Ice Age. APPLE maintains the website www.VisitLubecMaine.com. The Tours have been suspended for 2012 in order to focus on improving and expanding VisitLubecMaine.com.
Working with the Maine State Planning Office and the Ocean Conservancy, APPLE spearheads a Lubec Coastal Cleanup on Maine Coast Week in September.
APPLE has received nonprofit designation (501(c)(3) from the IRS.
Volunteers are needed, to help with the Coastal Cleanup, and for the APPLE board of directors.
Contact APPLE at PO Box 535, Lubec ME 04652, tours@toursoflubecandcobscook.com or info@visitlubecmaine.com,
207-733-2997 or 888-347-9302.
GFWC/ The Lubec Woman's Club
The Lubec Woman's Club was organized in 1916 and is affiliated with the General Federation of Women's Clubs and the Maine Federation of Women's Clubs. A volunteer organization, we concentrate on supporting our local community with help for students, families, seniors, the Lubec Memorial Library, The West Quoddy Head Lighthouse and other special projects as they arise. We also support the American Cancer Society with its annual daffodil sale and many other organizations with financial support as able. Membership is open to women from Lubec and the surrounding communities.
La Troupe Sans Frontieres/Theater Without Borders
The newly formed theatre company La Troupe Sans Frontieres/Theater without Borders, opened its inaugural season in March 2011. Comprised of Canadian and American actors the company plans a variety of theatrical productions for the future.
John Owen 207-733-2452 FundyME@yahoo.com
Save Our Strays (SOS)
SOS-Lubec, Maine, Inc., Give Us a Chance Shelter is a small group of volunteers (with help from Lubec's school children) which has been helping control local feral and stray cat populations through a trap, neuter and release program. Homes that had large numbers of un-neutered cats have been helped as well with Help Fix Me vouchers. Since April 2009 they have had 94 cats and kittens spayed or neutered and found homes for 44 of them.
Volunteers are needed to transport cats to and from the veterinarian, to help feed feral cats at feeding stations and attempt to socialize kittens, to trap feral cats to take to the veterinarian, to clean cages, and to pick up cat food in Machias.
Contact Dee at PO BOX 336, 76 Water Street, Lubec, Me. 04652
email giveusachanceshelter@soslubecme.org or phone @207-733-2153
West Quoddy Head Light Keepers' Association
The mission of the West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association is to enhance the experience and knowledge of community members and visitors to the Lighthouse and Visitor Center, through education and displays, linking the lighthouse, community of Lubec, and the maritime world.
The West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association (WQHLKA) is a Tax Exempt 501(c)(3) organization and is governed by By Laws and an elected Board of Trustees, comprising the positions of President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary and five Directors. Elections are held at our Annual General Meeting in July of each year.
Local volunteers staff the Visitors Center daily from 10 am - 4 pm Memorial day to July 4th, 10 am - 5 pm from July 4th to Labor Day, 10 am - 4 pm from Labor Day to closing October 15th. The Association’s only paid position is that of Visitor Center manager.
Volunteers greet and welcome visitors, relate information about the Visitors Center, and answer questions about the lighthouse and the area. Training is provided.
Contact info: Manager Debora Bridges 207-733-2180