Interested in becoming a sponsor or host committee member for Wayfinder School events? Our 2024 sponsor levels are listed in the pitch deck below. Please email us at info@wayfinderschools.org with any questions. Thank you for supporting Wayfinder Schools!
We are looking for Development Committee members! If you would like to be a part of our Development Committee and support our event and fundraising efforts, please contact us at info@wayfinderschools.org.
Wayfinder is excited to announce the return of Finding Our Way, our live storytelling event featuring Wayfinder grads and other notable Mainers. Join us on May 2nd at the Camden Opera House as our storytellers share funny, poignant, and heartfelt stories of finding their way in theater, dance, business, the outdoors, education, art, history, and more!
Join us as we celebrate our graduating class of 2024! We will be holding three graduation ceremonies and we welcome you to join us at one (or all!) to celebrate the accomplishments of this year’s graduating class.
Save the date! The Great Escape online auction is returning on November 24th. This year's Great Escape auction will again feature some of the best escapes in Maine. Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIN and here for more updates.
Join us at our Camden location for our open house! During this time we will say Farewell to Martha Kempe, and welcome Erica Gates as our new Head of Schools. Come by to say hello, enjoy a snack or two, and meet some members of our staff and board.
Save the date! Our class of 2023 is getting ready for graduation day and we hope you will join us at one of our three graduation ceremonies. Graduates will be celebrated in Brunswick, Camden, and Calais during the week of June 5th. Please find more details below. We look forward to celebrating with you!
Wayfinder is excited to announce the return of Finding Our Way, our live storytelling event featuring notable Mainers and Wayfinder grads. Join us on May 4th at The Camden Opera House as our storytellers share funny, poignant, and heartfelt stories of finding their way in music, theater, dance, business, education, food, writing, travel, and more!
This year's speakers include:
Kaitlin Callahan Collins, Wendy Newell Dyer, Mehuman, Christian Hayes, Emanuel Pariser, Rose Piscuskas, Cyndi Prince, Vanessa Santarelli, Brianna Stevens, Kea Tesseyman, and David Troup.
Early bird tickets are on sale now through March 23rd! Full price tickets sold thereafter. Click the “buy tickets” button below to purchase your tickets today. See you at the show!
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Cascade Foundation, Jack and Kathy Deupree, Andrea Itkin and Ben Ellison,
Charrisse Kaplan and David Johnson, Susan Koch, Michael Neff, Pam and Don Russell,
Barbara and Richard Russo, Meg Sideris, Barbara Sullivan, Levi Walton, Sylvia Stevens and Fred Williams
The Great Escape Online Auction is back! Bid on various Maine escape packages and art from Maine artists. The auction runs from November 25th through New Year’s Day with options to buy items outright for the holidays. Your next Maine adventure awaits! All proceeds benefit Wayfinder Schools.
We are thrilled to be having three graduation ceremonies for our class of 2022. We hope you consider joining us as we celebrate the accomplishments of all of our graduates!
Washington County Graduation:
When: June 6, 2022
Time: 5:30pm
Where: Maine Indian Education Center (in the auditorium) - 39 Union St, Calais, ME 04619
Southern Maine Graduation:
When: June 8, 2022
Time: 5:30pm
Where: Wayfinder Schools in Brunswick -UPDATE. Due to weather, the ceremony has been moved to 8 Venture Avenue, Brunswick, ME
Midcoast Graduation:
When: June 9, 2022
Time: 5:30pm
Where: Camden Snow Bowl - 20 Barnestown Rd, Camden, ME 04843
We are thrilled to announce the second annual Finding Our Way Down East virtual race! This fundraiser will get people moving this summer, whether they are walking, running, pushing a stroller, biking, swimming, hiking, or using indoor gym equipment (however you want to accomplish your miles is up to you!). Visit the coast of Maine virtually this summer and support Wayfinder Schools!
We are so excited to announce the return of our Finding Our Way, our live moth-storytelling event at the Camden Opera House. Join us on April 14th and hear from notable Mainers and Wayfinder grads about how they found their way in life, art, business and other Maine adventures.
We're thrilled to bring back The Great Escape Auction, in which participants have the opportunity to bid on great escape travel packages just in time for Valentine's Day. Whether you're looking for an outdoor Maine adventure, a romantic getaway, or a ladies' night out, The Great Escape has something for you!
We're thrilled to launch the first Finding Our Way Down East virtual race! This new fundraiser will get people moving this summer, whether they are walking, running, pushing a stroller, biking, swimming, hiking, or using indoor gym equipment (however you want to accomplish your miles is up to you!). Visit the coast of Maine virtually this summer and support Wayfinder Schools!
Introducing, “You Can’t Get There From Here,” a new variety show presented by Wayfinder Schools. Episode One will air on December 10 and Episode Two will be released on December 17. Please share this link with your friends, your family and your favorite book lover!
Join us on March 5 for Finding Our Way, our new “moth-style” live story telling event at The Camden Opera House.
We are pleased to invite you to our Fall Open House on October 23rd from 4-7pm at our Camden campus!
We are excited to announce that our annual Wine Our Way event will be on October 5, 2019 at WillowsAwake Winery! Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from a panel of experts in the Maine wine, beer and cider industries as they discuss producing and selling their products in the state. The panel discussion will be followed by a tasting of wine, beer and cider, as well as hors d’oeuvres made from local farm ingredients. Guests will be given the opportunity to tour the WillowsAwake vineyard and tasting room at this beautiful new Maine winery. We are thrilled to announce our panelists for this event:
Sean Bailey, Founder, Fat Friar’s Meadery
Lynn Chadwick, Owner & Head Distiller, Chadwick’s Craft Spirits
Wade Faulkingham, Estate Director, WillowsAwake Winery
Nick Favreau, Director, Woodside Hop House
Julie Ann Smith, Executive Director, Maine Farm Bureau
Be sure to arrive by 2PM to catch the full panel conversation!
This is a 21+ event.
Interested in being a sponsor or on the host committee? Please contact us at info@wayfinderschools.org.
Christie and Rob Bane, Brenda Chandler and Tony Lyons, Micki and Jeff Colquhoun, Mary J. Herman, Andrea Itkin and Ben Ellison, Martha Kempe and Richard Chalmers, Catherine Martin, Sharyn Pohlman,
Pam and Don Russell, Barbara and Richard Russo, Jule Selbo and Mark Winkworth, Meg Sideris,
Syliva Stevens and Fred Williams
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Join us at one of our 2019 graduations as we celebrate the graduating class of 2019!
Join Wayfinder Schools for our annual author event! This year's event will be held April 11, 2019 at Hannaford Hall in Portland, and will feature New York Times best-selling author Amor Towles in conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo. Towles is the author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility. Russo is the author of more than a dozen books, including Nobody’s Fool, Empire Falls and The Destiny Thief. Sponsorship of this event includes tickets to the conversation as well as a catered reception with the authors. Contact us at info@wayfinderschools.org for sponsorship information.
Author Reception will begin at 6pm followed by the reading which will begin at 7pm.
Paul Andrews, Marcy and Bill Black, Martha and Reade Brower, Ella and Lowell Brown,
Brenda Chandler and Tony Lyons, Lane and Brock Clarke, Micki and Jeff Colquhoun,
Kim and Dan Dorsky, Melissa Duffy, Alice B. Gorman, Kathy and Rick Grossman, Brian Gryzmski,
Lynn Hallett, Whitney Harvey, Mary J. Herman, Andrea Itkin and Ben Ellison, Susan Koch,
Catherine Martin, Carolyn and Dick McGoldrick, Jerry McQueeney, Pam and Don Russell,
Barbara and Richard Russo, Jule Selbo and Mark Winkworth, Meg Sideris,
Sylvia Stevens and Fred Williams
Join us at WillowsAwake Winery & Vineyard in Leeds, ME for Wine Our Way! The event will feature a vineyard tour, wine tasting and hors d’oeuvres, as well as the chance to hear from nationally recognized enologist Drew Horton who will be presenting wines produced from cold hardy grape vines, developed specifically for the northern regions of the United States. Guests will be able to taste different varietals while helping to determine Maine wine preferences.
