Reading Time: 4 minutes Multi-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 minutes When 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 minutes This 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 minutes This 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 minutes This 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 minutes This 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 minutes During 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 »
Reading Time: 4 minutes This is the fifth 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. On the first weekend of May, with the sun shining bright and temperatures well into sixties, dozens of people—families,… Read more »
Reading Time: 4 minutes This is the fourth installment in an ongoing series about the unique history of Good Will-Hinckley. To read Part I, click here. For Part II, click here. For Part III, click here. Like much of the world at the time, the Good Will-Hinckley community wasn’t immune to the devastating impacts of the Spanish Flu, which… Read more »
Reading Time: 4 minutes Each month, I’ll be writing a blog about the unique history of Good Will-Hinckley and how George Walter Hinckley’s mission still resonates today. To read Part I, click here. For Part II, click here. During its 131-year history, Good Will-Hinckley has touched the lives of thousands of young people. Most have been from Maine, the… Read more »