Education and awareness are key factors in reducing tick encounters.
Tick Talk: Spring is here, and so are the ticks!
Friday, March 27
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.
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.
Lyme Disease Conference
Saturday, April 11
8:00am-5:00pm
6th Annual Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education Conference,
Augusta Civic Center
76 Community Drive, Augusta Maine 04330
Admission is Free.
http://conference2020.mldse.
This will be the 6th year that Mainely Ticks is a sponsor of this timely and well attended conference featuring nationally recognized Lyme experts. Free educational literature will be distributed to all who attend.
Tick Talk: Spring is here, and so are the ticks!
Monday, April 13
6:00-8:00 pm
Massabesic Center for Adult Learning
Massabesic East Building (Formally known as MJHS)
84 West Road, Waterboro, ME 04087
$3.00 Registration Fee
FMI – email mcal@rsu57.org or call 207-247-2022
Are you planning on spending time outdoors this spring and summer? Do you know that 75% of Lyme diseases cases are contracted within 100 feet of the home? Learn how to better protect your family and pets from tick-borne diseases through personal protection strategies and landscape modifications. Free full color tick identification guides and educational literature will be distributed to all who attend.
Tick Talk: An Ounce of Prevention…
Tuesday, May 5th – 1:30 – 3:00 pm
Louis B. Goodall Memorial Library, 952 Main Street, Sanford, ME 04073
http://lbgoodall.org/
Admission: Free
Lyme disease cases in Maine hit a record high 2,079 cases in 2019. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recognizes that number probably represents a mere 10% of the actual number of people impacted by the disease. Seniors ages 65+ have the highest incidence rate of Lyme disease in the State of Maine.
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!
