Resident Services
The Resident Services Department at BangorHousing is dedicated to ensuring that public housing and Section 8 families receive services that will enable them to achieve self-sufficiency. The staff is available and accessible to help families obtain education, job-training, find a job, advance their career, become a homeowner, or improve their quality of life as a senior in one of our communities.
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Services
Events
We throw many parties and events throughout the year to engage the community and bring everyone together and have a great time. Our events are listed below:
Christmas and Easter Party – these parties have games and prizes, cupcake walks, outside Easter-egg hunt (Easter), different activities, and a chance to meet and get a photo with Santa/Easter Bunny!
Trunk or Treat – each October just before Halloween we hold our Trunk or Treat event in the parking lot where kids can dress in their costumes and Trick-or-Treat from different trunks. These trunks are decorated all kinds of different ways and we strongly encourage our Residents and Community Partners to volunteer and decorate a trunk. We have even held a pretty scary Haunted House each year that tends to bring out a few screams!
Different events throughout the year include Blood drives held right in our gym, spay/neuter clinics, the Good Shepherd Mobile Food Pantry, and Community Cleanups with the Resident Council.
Summer Block Party – This event is in a category of its own! We hold the Block Party each year in the Downeast School Parking lot and there is everything from a rock-climbing wall to an Ice Cream Truck. Other activities include water slides, snow cone and popcorn, hot dog lunch, games with prizes, face painting, and even some bounce houses.
DID WE MENTION ALL OF OUR PARTIES ARE FREE?!?
Seniors
We have a fantastic group of Senior Residents and we are here to serve them, just as we are all of our other families. Throughout the year there are various programs and services being offered to our Seniors.
BangorHousing participates in the FarmShare program to partner with a local farm (Caulkin’s Farm in Hampden) to provide Seniors with a stipend that will pay for produce throughout the summer and growing season.
Resident Services work with Eastern Area Agency on Aging to provide the Commodities Supplemental Food Program. The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) works to improve the health of low-income elderly persons, at least 60 years of age, by supplementing their diets with nutritious USDA foods. These monthly food packages include a variety of items such as: milk, juice, canned meat/poultry or fish, oats/ready-to-eat cereal, rice or pasta, peanut butter, dry beans, and canned fruits or vegetables.
Each week we have transportation that provides a trip to Walmart/Hannaford on Tuesday and Friday from 9-11am. If there are ever changes to this schedule, please see the community room bulleting boards for info.
Each year we like to plan a Holiday Party and Senior Trip with our residents. The holiday party takes place around Christmas and is held at Spectacular Events as a chance for everyone to get together and socialize over a nice meal. The trip happens each summer to “get away” for the day. In previous years we have gone to Lincolnville, Bar Harbor, and even took a day ride on the Katahdin Lake Cruise!
