 Deering Ave Planter Install & Watering
544 Deering Ave, Portland
Sunday, June 2, 9-11 am
Each summer, FWC makes our neighborhood brighter with flower planters along Deering St. We need volunteers to setup the planters and then water them throughout the summer.
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4th Annual Garden Tour: Get Your Tickets!
Multiple locations, Portland
Saturday, June 8, 1 - 4 pm
Rain Date: June 9 1-4 pm
Join neighbors and horticulture lovers from near and far for a self-guided tour of 10+ gardens throughout the Woodfords Corner Community – in Back Cove, Deering Highlands, Oakdale, and Deering Center. Tickets are a suggested donation of $20/person.
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 Happy 3rd Birthday Coveside Coffee!
28 Vannah Ave, Portland
Saturday, June 8, 9-1 pm
Beloved neighborhood shop Coveside Coffee turns three this June! The team at Coveside have been great partners to Friends of Woodfords Corner since the beginning! As sponsors of FWC, they help make our work possible, and they go above and beyond by offering guidance on projects like our 2024 Business Survey and Inventory.
To mark the occasion, Coveside Coffee will be hosting some favorite local vendors and celebrating with face painting and a raffle to benefit Maine Needs (prizes include 3 bags of your choice of 44 North Coffee!). Plus friends at Handful Studios -- a new ceramics studio on Forest Ave -- will be joining for some wheel throwing demos! Keep an eye on Coveside Coffee's Instagram page for weather and event-related updates!
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 Crosswalk Murals
539 Deering Ave, Portland
Friday, June 21, 2 - 8:30 pm
Every Spring, FWC closes Deering Ave to paint our colorful crosswalk murals. The murals help slow traffic, beautify our neighborhood, and let passerbys know that the Corner is a place to hang. Lots of hands are needed to help paint and divert traffic.
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To see more events happening this month visit our website.
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Portland Ukulele Social Club June Gathering
Trinity Church, 580 Forest Ave
Sunday, June 9th, 5 - 7 pm
The Portland Ukulele Social Club is a loosely organized group of ukulele enthusiasts who come together once a month to play music and socialize. Players with all levels of experience are welcome and encouraged to strum and sing along. They collect $4.00 a piece to pay for the space rental.
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Wednesday Dance with OneDance
Odd Fellows Hall, 651 Forest Ave
Wednesday, June 19th, 6 - 7:30 pm
Bring your dance to OneDance Portland's sacred container within which all people are afforded the safety and permission to dance their feelings, dreams and discoveries. Using a "wave-like" structure and tone, they aspire to transform the dance experience into a spiritual practice, through which a sense of community and purpose can emerge and thrive.
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Portland Ballet Young Dancer Camp - The Four Seasons
Portland Ballet Studios, 517 Forest Ave
Monday June 24 - Friday June 28, 9:30 - 11:30 am
Portland School of Ballet’s Young Dancer Camps are fun, week-long camps where students ages 5-7 can let their creativity run wild. Each camp will include a daily ballet class, story, snack break, craft time and creative movement. Dancers will explore the four seasons through dancing, storytelling and crafts. Four Seasons Camp will explore the moods of different times of the year, dancing to Vivaldi's score ‘The Four Seasons’ and finding shifts in colors and rhythms!
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FriendCon Table Top Gaming & Board Games
Woodfords Club, 179 Woodford St
Saturday, June 29, 6:30 - 11:30 pm
No membership necessary, $1/person for club use/maintenance. Bring your own game to teach or learn something new!
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Back By Popular Demand, the Woodfords Corner Farmers Market Re-opened on May 30th
202 Woodford St, Portland
Thursdays, May 30 - Oct. 24, 3:30 - 6:30 pm
Building on last year’s success, the Woodfords Corner Farmers Market (WCFM) re-opened last Thursday. It featured over a dozen vendors, providing a range of items and services - produce, meat, baked goods, ice cream, onsite knife sharpening, and more!
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New Programs at Woodfords Corner Farmers Market
202 Woodford St, Portland
Thursdays, May 30 - Oct. 24, 3:30 - 6:30 pm
We want everyone to be able to access fresh, local food! Throughout the market season, Corner Cash will be offered to the first 50 shoppers from one of four different groups to spend at the market. This summer, we’re celebrating kids, college students, seniors, and veterans.
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Wise River Rolfing: Now integrating Rolf Movement and Spinal Biomechanics trainings into Rolfing Sessions
This spring, Shannon Murphy, of Wise River Rolfing, had the opportunity to attend two workshops to deepen her understanding of what Rolfing has to offer you.
Spinal Biomechanics introduced that everyone has spinal curves to one degree or another that can create system wide issues and can explain pain anywhere along the fascial system. If you want to explore how to attend to your spinal curves, reach out to schedule a session.
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Electrify Everything! From the City of Portland
The City of Portland Electrify Everything! program is here to make energy-efficient home upgrades accessible to all. This program works to make it more affordable for residents and small business owners to electrify and weatherize their buildings by doing things like installing efficient and electric appliances & making improvements like insulation and weatherization upgrades.
Eligible Portland homeowners and renters can get reimbursed for up to $250 toward the purchase of DIY products that can be purchased from the local hardware store.
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Support Friends of Woodfords Corner!
Appreciate the work that Friends of Woodfords Corner is doing to help make the Corner an even more safe, walkable, welcoming, and vibrant neighborhood hub? Join us in our efforts: make a donation to Friends of Woodfords Corner today! As a token of our appreciation for gifts of $25 or more, you’ll receive a “Hopeful: together we can” lawn sign delivered right to your home.
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FWC & Main Street America
 In 2019 (a mere 4 years ago) Friends of Woodfords Corner became a Main Street Affiliate, and we thought it might be time to explain what this means for our organization and our community, and how how this makes us unique among many varied community groups in the Portland area! Learn more>>
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Join Our Team: Volunteer for Friends of Woodfords Corner!
Join us in our efforts to foster a thriving, welcoming, and sustainable village hub in Woodfords Corner, and make an impact on your community! We're always looking for more volunteers for our committees and folks who want to serve as board members. Complete one of the forms, linked below, to inquire and learn more!
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