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Harvest Festival – Online Event
November 6, 2020 - November 21, 2020
The Community School of Mount Desert Island hosts their seventh annual Harvest Festival online this year, with holiday baskets, foods, and crafts going on sale Nov. 6 and a silent auction starting Nov. 16.
Visitors to thecommunityschool.me can capture some of the Community School spirit beginning Nov. 6 with homemade canned goods and favorite school recipes, pumpkin and apple pies, produce, wreaths, sprays, and local wares.
Holiday baskets and goods can be pre-ordered between Nov. 6 and Nov. 20. The online silent auction begins at 10 a.m. on Nov. 16 and closes at 4 p.m. on Nov. 21. Items will be home delivered or picked up at the school’s Somesville campus on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 21 and 22. Delivery by mail is also available.
Funds raised at the Harvest Festival go toward The Community School scholarship fund. The school is located at 585 Sound Drive. For more information, contact Jasmine Smith at info@thecommunityschool.me or 207-276-8137.
The Community School of Mount Desert Island is a place-based, fully accredited K-8 elementary and middle school, giving children the tools to live meaningful lives with a deep engagement and stewardship for the community and the world. The school nurtures, challenges, and empowers children by engaging the local community and natural world as a classroom to explore all subject areas, through a holistic, place-based curriculum. Throughout the year, the school hosts educational events and festivals open to the wider community.