2019 Events

Education and awareness are key factors in reducing tick encounters.

Tick Talk: Deer Tick Alert…They’re Out Already!

Friday, March 29
12:30 pm
Maine Flower Show
Thompson’s Point in Portland, Maine (Fee to attend the Flower Show)
The Maine Flower Show is one of the biggest gardening and horticultural shows in the region where landscapers, exhibitors, designers and horticulturists come together annually.

Maine Flower Show website

Are you planning on spending time outdoors this spring and summer?   Did you know that 75% of Lyme diseases cases are contracted within 100 feet of the home?  Join Bob & Barb Maurais from Mainely Ticks for a timely discussion on how to better protect your family and pets from tick-borne diseases.  Low-cost personal protection strategies and landscape modifications will be discussed.  Free full color tick identification guides and educational literature will be distributed to all who attend.


Deer Ticks – Reduce Your Risk

Saturday, April 6, 2019

12th Annual Childcare Conference sponsored by Windham/Raymond School Age Child Care Saturday, April 6, 2019 Windham High School.  Child Care Providers – Registration required . FMI windhamconference@gmail.com

Tick Talk: Lyme Disease Prevention

Monday, April 8 – 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Louis B. Goodall Memorial Library, 952 Main Street, Sanford, ME 04073
http://lbgoodall.org/

Admission: Free

Bob Maurais from Mainely Ticks will share strategies to better protect your family from the ever increasing threat of ticks and tick-borne diseases. Items discussed will include personal protection strategies, landscape modifications and the life cycle of the deer tick. A 50-minute PowerPoint presentations will be followed by a question-and-answer period. Educational literature will be distributed, including tick identification guides and bookmarks. This free event will be held at the Louis B. Goodall Memorial Library, 952 Main Street, Sanford, ME 04073.  This year, be more prepared than surprised!


Tick Talk: Spring is here, and so are the ticks!

Friday, , April 12  1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Wells Public Library, 1434 Post RoadWells 04090 646-8181

www.wellslibrary.org
Free

With springtime weather finally upon us, Bob Maurais from Mainely Ticks will share strategies to better protect your family from the ever increasing threat of ticks and tick-borne diseases. Items discussed will include personal protection strategies, landscape modifications and the life cycle of the deer tick. A 50-minute PowerPoint presentations will be followed by a question-and-answer period. Educational literature will be distributed, including tick identification guides and bookmarks. This free event will be held at the Wells Public Library, 1434 Post Road, Wells 04090.  This year, be more prepared than surprised!


Lyme Disease Conference

Friday, April 26
8:00am-5:00pm  (Doors open at 7am for registration)
Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education Conference,
Augusta Civic Center
76 Community Drive, Augusta Maine 04330

Admission:  FREE

https://conference2019.mldse.org/

Mainely Ticks is one of the sponsors of this event, and will be distributing FREE educational literature to all who attend.