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View this email in your browser Friends of Woodfords Corner News May 2026   around the corner Let's get outside and enjoy real Spring! We have finally hit real Spring in Maine (maybe?!) and you know what that means...finally seeing all your neighbors again! This month we have our Spring Yard Sale Trail to help us get out and about. Register your yard sale now! Clean out your closets, cupboards, basements and garages and set up shop as a stop on in this neighborhood-wide yard sale. Focus on turning your pre-loved items into someone else's treasure, and leave the promotion/advertising to us!    Sign up here! Garden Tour Tickets on Sale The 6th Annual Woodfords Community Garden Tour will be held on Saturday, June 13th (rain date June 14th) from 1-4pm. 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. Enjoy an afternoon wandering the Corner's lovely hidden gems!   Buy your Garden Tour tickets now! Volunteers needed! Every summer, FWC installs dozens of planters along Deering and Forest Ave to add vibrant greenery and help naturally slow traffic in our neighborhood. Volunteers will help plant a variety of pre-purchased flowers and plants into the street-side planters. The planters are already in place, so no heavy lifting is required—just a love for gardening and community! Help install the planters on Saturday, May 30th! And these planters needed to get regularly watered so stay tuned for more volunteer opportunities.  Sign up to volunteer! neighborhood news Volunteers needed at Ocean Ave School Volunteers needed to wake up the Ocean Ave School Garden! Join OEAS neighbors for a garden party and volunteer day on Saturday, May 2nd from 10 am - 12pm! Gather and help wake up the school garden for the growing season, and do Spring maintenance and planting. Find more info here! Sundays on the Boulevard is back! Starting Sunday, May 3rd Baxter Boulevard will be closed to vehicular traffic on Sundays only, from 9am-4pm and open for walkers, bikers, pedestrians, and play! Sundays on the Boulevard runs through Sunday, September 27, 2026 Visit here for more info! Thank you to Portland Trails for the inspirational image! Sign up for Barn Cat Flowers CSA Pick up 8 weeks of fresh flower bouquets at Dancing Harvest Farm or Twin Swirls Ice Cream starting in late July 2026. Bouquets will be different each week depending on what is looking best in the field! For more information and to sign up visit the website here! Center for Grieving Children Drive-In event Center families and friends are invited to a special screening of The Sandlot at the Saco Drive-In on Friday,  May 15th 7:00pm - 10:00pm Enjoy concessions, games including corn hole, fire pits with s’mores and fun activities for all ages! The movie will start shortly after sunset but come early to get your spot and mingle! Tickets are priced per car and we’re offering a pay-what-you-can tiered pricing: $10 | $20 | $30 Click here for more info! fwc news First clothing swap a success! FWC hosted it's first clothing swap last month and it was a success! We had a great turnout, and everyone left with something "new" to them. Thanks to our wonderful volunteers, the event was well organized and ran smoothly. The leftover clothing was donated to Maine Needs. Clothing swaps are a great way to reduce our impact on the environment by giving our clothing a second life and they are a great way to refresh your closet in a cost effective and sustainable way! Stay tuned for future swaps! Earth Day Doc & Talk Neighbors gathered together on Earth Day to watch The Nature of Oaks, a video by renowned ecologist Doug Tallamy. For those who missed the event, the video can be viewed here.  Mark Reiland, City Arborist, and Kelly Corbin, an Ecological Landscape Consultant form Living Landscapes Maine were in attendance and shared their expertise about native trees. Mark provided an update about several city projects highlighting native trees, including the Co-op Tree Planting Program.  Many thanks to VFW POST 6859 for use of their hall and The Nichols Fund for the financial support to make free events like this possible.  Thank you Great Portland Pick Up Volunteers! Neighbors gathered on April 25th to help clean up Woodfords Corner as part of city-wide Great Portland Pickup. Litter was collected along sections of Forest Avenue, Deering Avenue and Woodfords Street, as well as several side streets.  A big thank you to all volunteers who dedicated their Saturday morning to make the neighborhood more green, clean & sustainable!  Thanks to the Portland Parks Conservancy and City of Portland's Sustainability Office and Parks, Recreation & Facilities Department for coordinating this impactful Earth Week event.  Thanks also to Rose Foods and Coveside Coffee for providing delicious refreshments. Thank you Nichols Fund!   David "Dave" Nichols was a self-professed "idea man" and he brought those ideas to fruition. One of Dave's lasting ideas led to the creation of this fund to provide financial support to non-profit organizations for those activities that may not be funded through regular grants. Thank you so much to the Nichols Fund for supporting our 'Live at Odd Fellows' event series allowing us to host holiday craft fairs, music performaces, Doc & Talks, and other community events free to charge. Read more about Dave and the Nichols fund here.   corner events There are events, classes, and happenings in Woodfords Corner every week – check out our Community Calendar to view all that's going on! May 1st: Drum Circle with Annegret Baier Friday, May 1st from 6pm-7:15pm Hope Gateway, 515 Woodford St, Portland Learn hand and stick drum technique for Djembe and Bassdrums and play rhythms from West Africa with Percussionist Annegret Baier. Come and drum in a circle of women and enjoy making music together. When: 4 Fridays in May, 5/1, 8, 15 and 22, 6-7:15pm Cost: $100, drop in rate $35, drums are available to rent. Register: email Annegret at annegret0311@icloud.com May 3rd: Homemade Marble Run Extravaganza Saturday, May 3rd from 10am-11am Odd Fellows Hall, 651 Forest Ave, Portland Join this special Sunday Social- the group is meeting 9:30 am- 11:30 am as usual but from 10-11, Mama Mia Making will be facilitating a homemade marble run extravaganza made with upcycled materials! Register now to save your spot ($5/maker).  May 9th: Coveside in Bloom Saturday, May 9th from 9am-1pm Coveside Coffee, 28 Vannah Ave, Portland Stop by Coveside for their kickoff event of the season -- Coveside in Bloom! Grab a coffee, a crepe from Crepe Elizabeth and get your Mother's Day shopping done. You will find native plants, seedling, fresh cut flowers and a crafts from local makers for sale. Visit Coveside's Instagram page for event updates and more information! May 9th: Portland Community Orchestra Saturday, May 9th from 7pm-8pm Trinity Episcopal Church, 580 Forest Ave, Portland Come join the Portland Community Orchestra for its final concert of the 2025-26 season, with music by Borodin, Mozart, Purcell, Grainger, Weber and Beethoven. Tickets are $15 (college students - $5 / high school, grade school and younger - FREE) May 15th: ACOG+ presents "Holes" by Louis Sachar Friday, May 15th from 6pm-7:30pm Saturday, May 16th at 1pm and 5pm Deering HS Auditorium, 370 Stevens Ave, Portland A Company of Girls+ presents "Holes" by Louis Sachar. At a mysterious desert camp where boys are sent to dig holes under the blazing sun, Stanley Yelnats quickly learns that nothing is as it seems. As friendships form and secrets surface, the story weaves together past and present—uncovering a history of fate, justice, and unexpected connection. May 16th: Seedling Sale from Fair Share Farm Saturday, May 16th from 9am-12pm Woodfords Corner, 544 Deering Ave, Portland Give your garden a head start with organic seedlings from Fair Share Farm. Tomatoes, cukes, peppers, parsley, cilantro, basic, onion, scallions, marigolds, zinnias, and more! Pop-up location in the old Dunkin Donuts - corner of Forest Ave and Woodford Street. If you can't make it on Saturday, but would like to purchase seedlings, please contact todd@fairsharefarmmaine.com May 16th: Yard Sale Trail Saturday, May 16th from 9am-2pm Woodfords Corner residential area   Register your yard sale for the Spring 2026 Woodfords Corner Yard Sale Trail on Saturday, May 16 (Rain Date: Sunday, May 17)! Clean out your closets, cupboards, basements and garages and participate in this neighborhood-wide yard sale. Focus on turning your pre-loved items into someone else's treasure, and leave the promotion/advertising to us! Or, use the map on the FWC website to shop around the Corner! about fwc Support Friends of Woodfords Corner! For 10 years Friends of Woodfords Corner has served as a voice for the Woodfords area and a catalyst for building a sustainable, diverse community. And we're just getting started – we have big plans for the coming years! Make a donation in honor of 10 years of Friends of Woodfords Corner, and help us be successful for many years to come! Donate Today! 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! Volunteer with FWC Inquire About Board Membership FWC & Main Street America In 2019 (a mere 6 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>> Friends of Woodfords Corner is a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization that works to preserve the diversity and unique history of Woodfords Corner and foster a thriving, welcoming, and sustainable village hub.  Copyright © 2026 Friends of Woodfords Corner, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Friends of Woodfords Corner 651 Forest Avenue #2 Portland, Maine 04101 Add us to your address book Call us! 207-805-1151 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

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