2014 Events
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Saturday and Sunday, September 12 & 13. 5th Annual Lyme-Aid Music Fest, Thompson's Orchard, 276 Gloucester Hill Road, New Gloucester, ME. 11:00 am-6:00 pm both days. Vendors, kid's activities, food, apple picking, carriage rides, Music and more! Barb Maurais with Mainely Ticks will be distribuing FREE educational literature. Suggested donation $10.00, children $5.00. FMI, call 207-272-2091, or www.Lymebuddies.com .
Saturday, September 12. 4th Annual Mt. Valley Lyme Disease Awareness Conference, Telstar High School, 284 Walkers Mills Road, Bethel, Maine. Registration begins at 9:00 am. Opening remarks 9:45. Closing 5 p.m. Speakers include Dr. Bea Szantyr (Lyme Basics), Dr. Alan MacDonald (via satellite Borrelia burgdorferi research), Dr. Charles Ray Jones (Lyme disease and kids) and Maine humorist Gary Crocker. Mainely Ticks will be distributing educational literature to all who attend. FMI, contact Rhonda at 207-824-3076, or Diane at 207-357-1926. mtvalleyldac@yahoo.com. $10.00 donation at the door appreciated, but not mandatory.
Tuesday, July 14. Community Tick Talk at the Kennebunk Free Library, 112 Main Street, Kennebunk, Maine. 6:30-8:00 pm. Join Bob Maurais from Mainely Ticks as he discusses strategies to better protect your family from ticks and tick-borne diseases. Items discussed will include personal protection strategies, landscape modifications and the life cycle of the deer tick. Educational literature will be distributed including tick identification guides and bookmarks. FMI contact Janet D. Cate at 985-2173, ext 102.
July 10-14. American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Conference , Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Mainely Ticks will be distributing educational literature to the expected 5,000+ veterinary attendees from across the country.
Thursday, June 25. Community Tick Talk at the Thomas Memoriall Library, 6 Scott Dyer Road, Cape Elizabeth, Maine. 6:00-7:30 pm. Join Bob Maurais from Mainely Ticks as he discusses strategies to better protect your family from ticks and tick-borne diseases. Items discussed will include personal protection strategies, landscape modifications and the life cycle of the deer tick. Educational literature will be distributed including tick identification guides and bookmarks. FMI contact Rachel Davis at 799-1720.
Thursday, June 25. "Tick Talk: Lyme Disease and Co-infections." Prince Memorial Library, 266 Main Street, Cumberland, Maine. 6:00 pm. Join Dr. Bea Szantyr for a discussion on the difficulties of diagnosing and treating Lyme disease and tick-borne co-infections. Prevention and treatment strategies will be discussed. Free educational literature will be available. FMI contact Doreen Wilcox at 829-4358.
Thursday, June 4. Community Tick Talk at the Norway Memorial Library, 258 Main Street, Norway, Maine. 6:30-8:00 pm. Join Bob Maurais from Mainely Ticks as he discusses strategies to better protect your family from ticks and tick-borne diseases. Items discussed will include personal protection strategies, landscape modifications and the life cycle of the deer tick. Educational literature will be distributed including tick identification guides and bookmarks. FMI contact Julia at 743-5309.
Wednesday, May 13. Wellness Wednesday at the Wells Public Library, Wells, Maine . 11:00 am-Noon. Join Bob Maurais from Mainely Ticks for an informational session on how to better protect your family from ticks and tick-borne illnesses. Personal protection strategies, landscape modifications and the life cycle of the deer tick will be discussed. Free educational information including tick identification guides for all who attend. FMI contact Kristi Bryant at the Wells Public Library, 1434 Post Road (Route 1), Wells. Phone 207-646-8181, ext. 205.
Sunday, May 3. 4th Annual Lymebuddies 5K run at Jimmy the Greeks, 150 Philbrook Road (Maine Mall), South Portland, Maine. Mainely Ticks will be distributing tick identification guides and bookmarks to all who attend.
Saturday, May 2. 1st Annual Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education Conference. 8:00am-5:00pm, Wiscasset Community Center, Rt 27, Wiscasset, Maine. FREE. Guest speakers from the Lyme community and vendors will be available to answer questions. Mainely Ticks will be distributing FREE educational information, including tick identificationg guides to all who attend. FMI contact Paula Jackson Jones at 207-446-6447, or Angele Rice at 207-841-8757, or email midcoastlymediseasesupedu@gmail.com.
Thursday, April 30. Community Tick Talk at the Soldiers Memorial Library, 85 Main Street, Hiram, Maine. 5:30-7:00 pm. Join Bob Maurais from Mainely Ticks as he discusses strategies to better protect your family from ticks and tick-borne diseases. Items discussed will include personal protection strategies, landscape modifications and the life cycle of the deer tick. Educational literature will be distributed including tick identification guides and bookmarks. FMI contact Pamela Slattery-Thomas, Library Director, at 625-4650.
Tuesday, April 14. University of Southern Maine Employee Wellness Fair. Sullivan Gym, USM Portland Campus, 40 Falmouth Street, Portland, Maine. Free and open to the public. 12:00 noon-3:00 pm. Mainely Ticks will be distributing educational materials. Bob Mauais will be hosting an educational seminar from 2:00-2:30 followed by a Q&A session. FMI contact Suzann Roy at 228-8151.
Saturday, March 28. Annual Windham/Raymond School Age Child Care Conference. Windham High School, Windham, Maine from 7:00 am-3:30 pm. Mainely Ticks will be distributing educational material including tick identification guides and bookmarks to all who attend. FMI contact Diane Hancock at 318-1514 or email windhamconference@gmail.com.
