Upcoming events.
Cider, Pies and More
Join us on the lawn at Southern Harbor House for fresh pressed cider, a pie sale - both sweet and savory and if you have a few minutes to spare, complete a task on our fall chore list!
Be sure to set an alarm! We tend to sell out quickly!
5th Annual Bike Run Walk
The 2023 Southern Harbor House 5th Annual Bike Run Walk is an exciting in-person event. Not on-island? Don’t worry! We loved our virtual race so much, we offer a virtual option, too! That way no matter where you are in the world you can celebrate North Haven’s Community Days along with us and show your support!
The first 25 participants will receive our custom “Home Front Partners” T-Shirt listing all our volunteer heroes that have helped make our resident’s lives more enjoyable. Bib numbers are delivered electronically after successful registration. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes awarded in each race category!
Register here!
Healthy Brain Aging
Clifford Milo Singer, MD, DFAPA, AGSF
Southern Harbor Eldercare Services is gratefully collaborating with the North Haven Medical Services Board and Waterman's Community Center to host an educational community program led by renowned geriatrician Dr. Clifford Singer, and his team of professionals. Dr. Singer has been a physician, teacher, and researcher for more than thirty years and currently serves as Chief of Geriatric Mental Health and Neuropsychiatry at Acadia Hospital and Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. He is also an adjunct Professor at the University of Maine. Dr. Singer leads a multidisciplinary team in the Mood and Memory Clinic at Acadia Hospital, and also serves as principal investigator for the Acadia Eastern Maine Medical Center Alzheimer's disease clinical trials program. Please join us at Waterman's on Sunday July 23 at 4:30 pm for this informative presentation. 5th Annual Online Auction
Welcome to our 5th annual auction! We are very excited to embrace 2023, share these unique and one-of-a-kind items, and celebrate our community. Our online auction provides important financial support for operating expenses. The funding schematic for Southern Harbor House relies on a combination of community-supported donations, grants, MaineCare reimbursement, and private pay funds. There are steep annual fundraising goals that can be demanding even in good times. The SHES Board and sub-committees are committed to a pragmatic approach to managing expenses, and fundraising solutions that implore a creative approach and analytical thinking to lead us into long term sustainability. Even still, we need your help today to ensure our program’s vitality is maintained tomorrow. Please consider participating in this year’s exciting online auction!
Be sure to visit our auction website today by clicking here!
Cider, Pies and More
Join us on the lawn at Southern Harbor House for fresh pressed cider, a pie sale - both sweet and savory and if you have a few minutes to spare, complete a task on our fall chore list!
4th Annual Southern Harbor House Bike Run Walk
The 2022 Southern Harbor House 4th Annual Bike Run Walk is excitedly returning to an in-person event. Not on-island? Don’t worry! We loved our virtual race so much, we are keeping a virtual option, too! That way no matter where you are in the world you can celebrate Community Days and show your support for us.
The first 35 participators will receive our custom “Pandemic Partners” T-Shirt listing all our volunteer heroes that have helped make our resident’s lives more enjoyable. Bib numbers are delivered electronically after successful registration. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes awarded in each race category!
4th Annual Online Auction
Welcome to our 4th annual auction! We are very excited to embrace 2022, share these unique and one-of-a-kind items, and celebrate our community. Our online auction provides important financial support for operating expenses. The funding schematic for Southern Harbor House relies on a combination of community-supported donations, grants, MaineCare reimbursement, and private pay funds. There are steep annual fundraising goals that can be demanding even in good times. While we are managing increased business expenses, a result of long term impacts from the pandemic, the SHES Board and sub-committees are committed to a pragmatic approach that implores creative approaches to funding and analytical thinking to lead us forward through what remains an unprecedented time. Even still, we need your help today to ensure our program’s vitality is maintained tomorrow. Please consider participating in this year’s exciting online auction!
Power In Aging
Power in Aging - Changing the Conversation about Aging in Maine
Most Mainers are living longer, healthier, more productive lives than ever before, but our personal and systemic narratives about aging haven’t kept pace. From the language we use, to the way we plan our communities and design our systems, we need to be more intentional about seeing our own age-bias and incorporating the new needs of older people into our planning processes. This presentation will explore the effects of age-positivity and purpose on life expectancy, the impact of ageism on our health and economy, and the benefits of eradicating ageism and building an age-positive culture in Maine.
Refreshments and small bites. Question and answer session. Great company!
Meet Our Speakers
Jess Maurer - Executive Director Maine Council on Aging
Jess advances statewide public policy initiatives that support the health and economic security of older Mainers and provides leadership within Maine’s aging network. As part of this work, she is the Project Manager for the Tri-State Learning Collaborative on Aging. She co-authored Building a Collaborative Community Response to Aging in Place and Maine’s Blueprint for Action on Aging. A licensed Maine attorney, Jess worked for 17 years in the Maine Office of the Attorney General. She graduated from the University of Maine School of Law and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Don Harden - Catholic Charities Maine
Don Harden is a founding Board Member of the Maine Council on Aging and recently served as Vice Chair and as Coordinator of the Council’s initiatives on reframing aging and addressing ageism. He has been affiliated with Catholic Charities Maine for over 41 years most recently as Director of Aging Services. He was co-leader of the Maine Aging Initiative’s Workgroup on Workforce and the Economy, served on the Legislative Commission to Study Long-term Care Workforce Issues, and is a member of Maine’s Department of Labor Committee on Older Workers. He holds a MS in Counseling from USM.
"Preventing the Next Pandemic"
Join Southern Harbor Eldercare Services Healthcare Advisory Committee in a discussion about the epidemiological significance of past and present viruses. Discussion points will be presented by Dr. Mary White, Dr. Samuel Harrington, Eryn Hopkins, RN and Sue Ferra, NP.
Presented over Zoom with planned time for the audience to ask the panel of speakers questions.
3rd Annual Bike/Run/Walk
Join us for our 3rd Annual Bike/Run/Walk. We will be hosting our race on our virtual platform this year. Spanning Community Days to Labor Day, participants have ample opportunity to accrue their miles. Who will be the top finisher this year in our Run ‘Round the Island Road Race? All entries receive a T-Shirt. Participant medals for finishers. Top three fastest speeds awarded in each competitive category. We can’t wait to “see” you on race day!
Click HERE to be redirect to the virtual road-race website. This event is graciously sponsored by AARP Maine.
3rd Annual Online Auction
Join us for our 3rd Annual Online Auction! Exciting items offering extraordinary bidding opportunities. Help support our programs and have fun doing it!
Anand Viswanathan, MD, PhD: Dementia and the Aging Brain in times of Corona
Anand Viswananthan, MD PhD
Stroke Service and Memory Disorders Unit
Director, Telestroke Services
Mass General Hospital Hemorrhagic Stroke Research Program
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
An informal discussion about how the aging brain effects cognition and memory over the years. What we are learning and what we still don't know. Question and answer opportunity with Dr. Viswanathan. Presented over Zoom. Click here to join us on July 8th for an engaging and educational discussion.
Mother's Day Begonia Plant Sale
Check back soon for more information on how to order your begonias. Arriving just in time for Mother’s Day!
Spring Basket: Enter to Win!
We want to help you make the leap into spring! Southern Harbor Eldercare Services invites you to celebrate the end of winter with this fun filled basket of North Haven items.
Cider and Pies
Homemade pies priced to sell. Freshly pressed cider available for a donation.
Community Discussion Featuring Dr. Samuel Harrington
In 2019 we shared “At Peace: Choosing A Good Death After A Long Life” by Dr. Samuel Harrington. In 2018 we read “Being Mortal” by Atul Gawande. This year we will hold a virtual community discussion and continue the conversation from last year lead by the author himself, Dr. Samuel Harrington. Please join us for this incredible discussion.
2020 Run ‘Round the Island Benefit Challenge
The 2020 Southern Harbor House Run 'Round the Island is our way of persevering through this pandemic and bringing you a super fun alternative way to get outdoors and help raise important funds that will support operating expenses for Southern Harbor House. You can celebrate Community Days by joining our second annual benefit run - Can't stop! Won't stop! - that's our attitude! And we are going to take it to the next level. With 28 miles of paved roadway on North Haven, we think that this is the perfect year to go from ordinary to extraordinary. Log in to accrue your mileage for up to 30 days beginning August 8th and ending Labor Day. While we may call it a run, do not be discouraged if you are not ready to step it up quite like that - walkers are absolutely welcome to join and there is no age limit on registrants. No matter where you are in the world you can participate in the circumnavigation of North Haven!
The first 30 participators will receive our custom “Pandemic Partners” T-Shirt listing all our volunteer heroes that have helped make our resident’s lives more enjoyable. Bib numbers are delivered electronically after successful registration. Everyone who completes the 28-mile challenge will receive a finisher's medal of epic design. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes awarded.
Your commitment to our program is part of what makes our work as an integrated community resource distinctive. Once again, all proceeds go directly to support operations at Southern Harbor House. Thank you! Be safe and have fun!
Southern Harbor House Online Auction
The 2nd Annual Southern Harbor House Benefit Auction provides financial important financial support for operating expenses. Despite the many challenges imposed by the corona virus pandemic that has isolated our residents and curtailed our in-person community based programs, our essential spirit and intention remains strong. The funding schematic for Southern Harbor House relies on a combination of community-supported donations, grants, MaineCare reimbursement, and private pay funds. There are steep goals that can be demanding even in good times. While we are managing increased business expenses due to the coronavirus, the SHES Board and sub-committees are committed to a pragmatic approach that implores creative approaches to funding and analytical thinking to lead us forward through this unprecedented time. Even still, we need your help today to ensure our program’s vitality is maintained tomorrow. Please consider participating in this year’s exciting online auction!
Southern Harbor House Community Discussion
It is part of our intention for Southern Harbor House to be your choice for person-centered care giving, but also your choice as a community resource for elder-focused topics and current events. Join us for a hearty discussion with our fabulous guest speaker Heather LaFramboise of Avita in Brunswick.
Meditation and Gentle Stretching with Jamie
Join Jamie in the sun room for a gentle stretch and meditation that is sure to sooth the body and soul.
Strength Training with Kylie
Join Kylie in the sun room for a gentle warm-up followed by upper and lower body exercises using resistance bands and light weights. Includes focus on core strength and cool-down.
Meditation and Gentle Stretching with Jamie
Join Jamie in the sun room for a gentle stretch and meditation that is sure to sooth the body and soul.
Cooking Collaborative with Crystal
Join Crystal in the kitchen for resident-directed cooking or baking collaboration. Monday never smelled so good!
Craft Hour with Crystal
Join Crystal in the sun room for an art exploration using watercolor paints.
Strength and Flexibility with Erin
A combination of the gentle practices from the Tuesday and Thursday sessions with focus on core stability and breath.
TED TALKS: The Secret Life of Dogs
Some think dogs love us just like we love them; others see them as collections of instinctive behaviors incapable of complex feelings. The truth, according to animal behaviorist Julia Espinosa, lies somewhere in the middle. In this talk, she and her canine guest star Loki explain how (and why) we should challenge our assumptions about animal behavior and, in doing so, transform our relationships with them.
Meditation and Gentle Stretching with Jamie
Join Jamie in the sun room for a gentle stretch and meditation that is sure to sooth the body and soul.
Friday Film: Peterloo
In 1819, British forces charge on a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter's Field in Manchester, England, which results in the Peterloo Massacre. Watch the official trailer here.
Gardening with Barb
Join Barb for garden planning, cultivation and nurturing. Fun for all, all year round.