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Soap Making for Beginners
with Anita Harris
Students receive through instruction how to make their own soaps from scratch. They will learn how to use soap calculator and will learn about the best ingredients and their benefits.
There is a $40 materials fee paid the first night of class.
Estate Planning-Prepare for the Uncertainties of Life Revocable & Irrevocable Trusts-Are They Right For You?
with Kathryn Bedell Esq
This class will begin with an overview of basic estate planning, including Wills, Powers of Attorney, Health Care Directives, etc. The class will then delve into, learning how revocable trusts can help avoid probate and protect your privacy, and how irrevocable trusts can protect your assets from nursing home or Maine Care (Medicaid) liens. Discussion will include other strategies to safeguard assets from life events such as business failure or divorce of adult children. Kathryn Bedell is a lawyer in York, Maine and has been practicing for 31 years. Her practice focuses on estate planning, asset preservation, and probate matters.
Yardscaping: Sustainable Lawn Care and Landscaping For Nature
with Melissa Brandt
Melissa Brandt is with the York County Soil & Water Conservation District.
Learn how to improve your lawn with simple, conservation-based techniques to increase soil health, and habitat, improve water retention, reduce pests reduce maintenance and costs. We will share simple techniques to install a rain garden, drip line trench, vegetative buffer for shoreline protection, wildlife meadows, pollinator gardens, bird habitat, edible landscapes, and other practices to improve your yard. We will cover how to submit soil tests and how to interpret the results.
Balms, Lotions and Creams
with Anita Harris
The class focuses on how to create balms, salves, and water-based lotions. We will be utilizing botanical ingredients, natural oils, and butters. We will learn about the different techniques to craft infused oils into balms and salves. The teacher will introduce the class to water-based lotions and creams. We will discuss safety and necessary natural preservatives that have to be used with water-based formulas.
There is a materials fee of $30 to be paid on the first night of class.
A Guide to a Good End
with Kimberly Mann
Everyone hopes their experience at the end of life will be smooth sailing, pain-free, and surrounded by peace and love. At Hospice of Southern Maine, our team of experts will come around you and your loved ones to support you through what is likely one of the most difficult times for everyone, the end of life. Together in this 4-part series, (this class is bi-weekly), we will explore the support offered by hospice, learn strategies for having tough conversations with family and loved ones, explore the many faces of grief, and learn practical steps you can take to prepare for end-of-life with advanced care planning guidance and tools. Please join us as we help to reduce anxiety and stress at the end of life through education and planning.
Hammered Silver Jewelry
with Elizabeth Goody
Come create an original piece of hammered sterling silver jewelry. You will be able to make a pendant or earrings. There will be a variety of stones/beads and silver to choose from. Please bring any jewelry tools you may have.
The materials fee of $10 is due at the first class and is paid to the instructor. Additional materials may be purchased if needed.
Crystal Grids
with Nancy Allard Jusseaume
Crystal Grids are made using multiple crystals put into a shape that helps to amplify one another and create support for something in someone's life.
Cricut "Crafts" ONE DAY CLASS
with Sheri Tweedie
This is a one-four-hour class.
Join us for a Saturday Cricut Class! Discover the full potential of your Cricut machine while creating delightful crafts to bring home. Are you wanting to learn a new craft? This special class is available for one day only, and even if you don't have a Cricut machine of your own, don't worry—the instructor has a few for class use. Don't miss out on this creative experience!
**There is a materials fee of $30 due to the instructor at the class. You will be going home with a few projects and a t-shirt.
This class will help you either begin or improve your Cricut skills.
Come join the fun!!