Homeworkers Organized for More Employment

Celebrating 41 years of "Serving First Those Who Suffer Most"


h.o.m.e. Inc. is a 501(c)3 charity that relies on your support and contributions to fulfill our missions.




Welcome to h.o.m.e.
New St. Francis Community Farmhouse
St. Francis Community and the New Farmhouse




h.o.m.e. facebook page

h.o.m.e.-emmaus
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          And we always need your donations of new & antique items, gifts certificates, vehicles,
and anything else that can be sold at auction, on e-bay, or at a yard sale to raise money for our many programs.
All donations are tax-deductible!

We are always looking for tax deductible donations of money, clothes, vehicles, food, antiques, etc.
You can even donate securely on line directly to h.o.m.e.'s PayPal account:




Cast your vote for h.o.m.e. Inc. at the
Bangor Savings Bank "Giving back to Maine communities" program
go to www.bangor.com/cmm
from now until March 5th.
Write in "H.O.M.E. Inc." under the Downeast category.



h.o.m.e. works hard to ensure life's basic necessities:

shelter

gardens and food banks

potter's hands

Learning Center

This Time
h.o.m.e.
 newsletters
2009 - 2011
Emmaus Water Rights poster

Shelter

Food

Work

Education

 News
 Water






Our next Cultural Exchange trip to our sister community in Guatemala will be in October 2011.
Click here for more information about the next mission trip.
Please contact Karen or Cary at 207-469-7961 for details and an application.

Please help us support our sister Emmaus community
and help rebuild the villages destroyed by the recent hurricanes!
ruined house
 See pictures of the devastation and our recent mission trip to the
Emmaus Community in Guatemala




Or you can support h.o.m.e. by buying (or help selling) tickets for our
2012 Summer Sweepstakes

First Prize:  $500,   Second Prize: $250,  Third Prize: $100

We draw the winners at our Benefit Auction in August


Suggested Donation:   $1.00 each or Six tickets for $5.00
 Annual Christmas
Quilt Raffle

Christmas Quilt 2011 Quilt

Click here to print a page if Raffle tickets. 
Not too soon to enter the 2012 Sweepstakes.

2012 Summer Sweepstakes 
Congratulations to Claire in
Raymond NH, the winner of
the 2011 Christmas Quilt!!
Thanks to all of you who are supporting
h.o.m.e. with your donations.




If you have a story or pictures of your experiences at h.o.m.e. as a volunteer, shelter resident, or staff member, please share them with us for the Anniversary issues of h.o.m.e.'s newsletter, This Time

You can read the .pdf files of our newsletter on-line! 
Please let us know if you do not need a printed copy of the paper so we can save the postage!


Thanks to all who ordered wreaths and crafts from h.o.m.e!
The Craft Store is open year-round!

Wreaths and Centerpieces  Centerpiece                h.o.m.e. logo Maine Made Crafts


Support the missions of h.o.m.e.
by joining us this summer for
h.o.m.e.'s Country Fair and Giant Benefit Auction,
August 19, 2012!

We need donations for our shelters, food banks, bargain outlets, as well as for the Auction!

Here's some of the things people bid on at our auction in 2011:


Tidely-Idley

Tidely-Idely
Plow Truck

1989 Chevy Plow Truck		   baseball   
Jonathan Papelbon autographed baseball! 

1993 Chevy

1993 Chevy 4wd Pickup



We invite you to help us by volunteering , donating money, vehicles, or building material, or shopping at our stores.

Here's how to volunteer at h.o.m.e.


Click here for Information on another way to support h.o.m.e. when you sell an item on eBay

or
Click here to support h.o.m.e. by buying some of the items we sell on eBay

or
Click here to link directly to eBay

You can even donate securely on line directly to h.o.m.e.'s PayPal account:







Guatemala weaver

We are part of the World EMMAUS Movement.
Emmaus Water Rights poster

 We are part of the Rural Coalition, an international association of rural communities seeking a more sustainable food system with fair returns to minority and small farmers.The Super Maket Coop
The SuperMarket Coop
h.o.m.e. facebook page


 

--- H.O.M.E. Inc., established in 1970 as a craft cooperative, is a multifaceted organization involved in economic reconstruction and social rehabilitation. In its 30+ years of existence, it has grown from the single retail store where home crafters could sell their goods into a small community offering jobs, food, education, temporary shelter and home ownership to people and families in need. 
--- H.O.M.E. has seen from its beginning days that although the ownership of a home is of fundamental importance to a family, other services are needed to ensure family stability and foster self-esteem. In response to these needs, its activities have grown to include: 

    Five shelters for the homeless, and a social outreach program that touches the lives of several hundred persons annually. 

    A food bank, a soup kitchen, a recovery barn and thrift store (clothes and household goods)

    Abby's Attic, a thrift shop with a large variety of items, located on Acadia Highway in the same building as the East Orland Post Office. 

    Desktop publishing: St. Francis Press is the publishing arm of the h.o.m.e.-emmaus community.  We have published many books from poetry chap books, cook books, through historical books and novels.

    A learning center which includes a day-care center, literacy instruction, GED preparation, craft training, and computer training.  

    A craft store featuring homemade items from more than 200 Maine residents, and handmade items from our
    Sister Emmaus Community in Guatemala..

    Pottery studio, woodworking shop, weaving studio, Quilting & Stitchery studio, stained glass shop, a small museum and a chapel. 

    A garden program, Greenhouses and Farmer's Market. 

    A Free Medical Clinic. 

    Balsam Christmas Wreaths: wholesale, retail and mail order. 

    A publication department, including the quarterly newsletter: This Time. 

    Employment in lumber mill, shingle mill, garage and house construction. 

    A land trust - the Covenant Community Land Trust is a house-building program in which low-income families participate in the construction of their new homes. Thirty houses have been built so far. 

    H.O.M.E. currently has Fjord horses for sale!


    Maine Equal Justice Partners

The more the needs of low-income people have grown,
the greater has been the response of H.O.M.E. in making
the case for a different kind of world for them.

Please come and visit us!

H.O.M.E. is on US Routes 1 and 3, on top of the hill, a couple of miles east of Bucksport, Maine.

If you are interested in any of the above or would like further information, please contact us!
H.O.M.E. / Emmaus

 

P.O. Box 10
Orland, Maine 04472
tel.: 207-469-7961--- fax: 207-469-1023
email us at:   e-mail address


--- That same day two of them went to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem. And they talked together of all these things which had happened. During their conversation and discussion, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them. . .
--- And it came to pass, as he sat at the table with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; ... and they rose up at once, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, ... And they told what had happened on the road, and how they had recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread.

-- Luke 24

Emmaus Guatemala | St. Francis Community | Christmas Wreaths | Horses