PRO BONO & SERVICE

Donating my professional skills to help organizations, communities, and individuals has long been important to me. The benefits are numerous:

  • I am exposed to new ideas, new ways of doing things, and of thinking about community and the world.

  • I contribute to my community, whether national, state, or local.

  • I hone my existing skills and develop new ones, which builds my confidence.

  • I meet interesting people and discover new pockets and definitions of community.

  • I feel useful. I give back.

Taking on pro bono clients depends on my schedule.

ACES: The Society for Editing
national professional organization

Maine Appalachian Trail Club
Maintaining 267 miles of the historic trail in Maine since 1935
Among my contributions are creating marketing plans and strategies for this all-volunteer organization.

  • member, Executive Committee, 2021–

  • member, Marketing Committee, 2020–

  • member, Strategic Plan Committee, 2021

  • member, Annual Meeting Committee, 2023

Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust
Preserving and protecting land surrounding the Appalachian Trail in Maine for public benefit

  • member, Board of Directors, 2022–
    First Light training, 2022–2023
    Designed for members of the conservation and land trust communities in Maine to re-learn history, re-center Indigenous voices, and to return land, resources and power. 

  • member, Marketing and Development Committee, 2022–
    Part of my work includes copyediting, for which I created the organization’s first style guide.

New Gloucester Friends of the Library
Events, fundraising, advocacy, community

  • Member, Communications Committee, 2022–
    Among other accomplishments, I’ve worked closely with my fellow committee members to create our website and newsletter (PDF) that’s suitable for print and email (not PDF).

NGXchange
Local community news and discussion

I’ve written essays and profiles for the site: