Blueberry Harvest School 2023
As the summer starts, Mano en Mano is excited to welcome new and familiar faces as our community grows over the 2023 blueberry harvest!
Making a Splash!
Students enjoy a day at the lake during a field-trip at the 2022 Blueberry Harvest School
Mano en Mano will operate the Blueberry Harvest School this summer 2023. The program will run from Monday, July 31st to Friday, August 18th.
This years theme is Traditions. Students will explore topics of culture, language, and identity through consideration of the questions: What is tradition? What are ways we celebrate traditions within our families, schools, and communities? How do we create new traditions in our lives? We will remember and honor traditions that uplift our families and communities, consider how we can break or transform traditions that do not serve us well, and create new traditions for the futures we imagine for ourselves and in our world.
Photos from the 2022 Blueberry Harvest School
In addition to school based programming for children 3-15, we will also provide educational and enrichment services to students and families through our Camp Services work that organizes direct outreach and support to migrant families throughout the Downeast. This includes organizing English tutoring, distributing summer learning kits, and connecting with students and families so that they have access to the specific supports they need while in the area.
Photos from 2022 camp service program
Our Access to Essential Services team will also be doing outreach to seasonal community members over the summer, and organizing Welcome and Resource Centers. These centers are designed to welcome folks to the area, make connections to partner organizations in the areas of health, education, legal aid, and other social services, and provide access to essential resources. Our Mercadito, Mano en Manos culturally nourishing food pantry, will play a key role this summer, and will provide fresh produce, meat and non-perishable items throughout the season.
Photos from 2022 Welcome and Resource Centers
As the blueberry harvest quickly approaches, our team is working to prepare for the arrival of new and familiar faces and are excited to welcome everyone to our community.
If you are a family that travels for the blueberry harvest, or may know a family that does, please reach out to learn more about the Migrant Education Program!
You can help welcome families to Maine this summer!
Please consider donating to Mano en Mano
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The Blueberry Harvest School provides two nutritious meals and snacks daily, following the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Nutrition Guidelines. Breakfast is served upon arrival, lunch is served around noon, and a snack is provided before dismissal.
Our food service program is an equal opportunity employer and provider. If you have any concerns about the food service program, we encourage you to contact Juana Rodriguez Vazquez, Mano en Mano’s Executive Director, at (207) 598-7149 or to jrodriguez@manomaine.org.
USDA NONDISCRIMINATION STATEMENT
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:
(1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;
(2) fax: (202) 690-7442
(3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
