Reading Time: 3 minutesMaine is all about the outdoors. And that means Maine is all about camping. During COVID-19, we’re especially about camping. It’s one of the safer activities for families right now. There’s plenty of fresh air, and we can travel in campers or pickups more safely than we can fly to Florida or go to Walt… Read more »

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe new Good Will-Hinckley Coffee Club was created as a way for people to take the money they’d normally spend on java and donate it to worthwhile GWH programs and initiatives. Over time, that’s a lot of dough! The daily $2.75 you’d normally spend on a cup of coffee can be automatically debited from your… Read more »

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Carnegie Library on the Good Will-Hinckley campus had been closed since 2008, but since its recent renovations, it’s open and serving students once again. The project was funded by private donations and grants, just like when steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie’s gave $15,000 to construct the original library more than 110 years ago. Back then,… Read more »

Reading Time: 4 minutesMulti-day celebrations of Thanksgiving have long been a part of the tradition at Good Will-Hinckley, even before the organization was actually founded by its namesake, George Walter Hinckley, in 1889. Thanksgiving was first celebrated in America in 1621—the first in Maine happened, according to many, in 1607 in Popham. At Good Will-Hinckley, Thanksgiving was a… Read more »

Reading Time: 4 minutesWhen George Walter Hinckley founded Good Will-Hinckley more than 130 years ago, he knew the organization—and the young people it served—would only succeed by staying connected to the community. Few efforts highlight this philosophy better than GWH’s longstanding commitment to vocational training. The connection dates to the turn of the 20th century, when the Industrial… Read more »

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is the ninth installment in an ongoing series about the unique history of Good Will-Hinckley. To read the previous installments, click on one of the following links: Part I; Part II; Part III; Part IV; Part V; Part VI. Part VII. Part VIII. In 1992, Ann Marden, the wife of a longtime Good Will-Hinckley… Read more »

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is the eighth installment in an ongoing series about the unique history of Good Will-Hinckley. To read any installment, click on its link: Part I; Part II; Part III; Part IV; Part V; Part VI; Part VII. From the moment you step under the neo-Georgian building’s high brick archway and into the main lobby,… Read more »

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is the seventh installment in an ongoing series about the unique history of Good Will-Hinckley. To read the previous installments, click on one of the following links: Part I; Part II; Part III; Part IV; Part V; Part VI. In a typical community, summer is a time for students to get an education outside… Read more »

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is the sixth installment in an ongoing series about the unique history of Good Will-Hinckley. To read the previous installments, click on one of the following links: Part I; Part II; Part III; Part IV; Part V. Across the country, high-school seniors are having to trade a walk across the stage and a handshake… Read more »

Reading Time: 3 minutesDuring the past few months, students at the Glenn Stratton Learning Center in Hinckley, Maine have taken field trips to see the Congo River, New York City’s Central Park and a bagpipe performance of “Amazing Grace” in Scotland. All they needed was a Google Classroom account (and a few wonderful tour guides). These virtual field… Read more »