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To realize the meaning of the word sanctuary within our communities

05/06/2026

Today marks 6 months since the grand (re)opening of the Jessi Gilbert Harm Reduction & Recovery Community Center.

To our volunteers, program participants, staff, community partners, friends and supporters: thank you for making this space and all that we’ve accomplished within it possible. We look forward to continuing to build with you all.

04/21/2026

We are so excited to see many of you tomorrow!✨🌎

It will be a cloudy day in the low 40s, so bring those layers.

Also, peep our updated cosponsor list!👀

04/20/2026

Join us for our 2nd annual Big Night amphibian crossing!

📍 120 Park Street
⏰ 6:30 - 9:00pm
🗓️ Saturday, April 25th

We will gather at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor at 6:30 for a training on safety, data entry and identification before heading out into the field!

Bring bright clothing, gloves and a reflective vest if you have them!

04/16/2026

EARTH DAY CLEANUP

🕰️ 10:30AM-6:30PM
🗓️ Wednesday, April 22nd
📍 120 Park Street, Bangor

We are thrilled to invite you to join us and our cosponsors to celebrate Earth Day with a community cleanup!

Join us at the UU Church on Park St. any time during the day, and we will direct you with a team to one of a list of spots across the city we aim to clean up!

Bring your friends, and we’ll bring the supplies & refreshments!

We look forward to a wonderful Earth Day with you all!

03/27/2026

Jessi Gilbert passed away four years ago today, On March 27th 2022. Jessi was a one of a kind harm reduction practitioner, who moved quietly and fiercely through systems designed to deny care to People Who Use Drugs. Jessi’s life was a pouring out of compassion towards others: every cost you could imagine, she poured it out. A quote from a friend’s remembrance: “My own connection with Jessi, like everyone that met her was immediately special and soulful. Never has anyone so quickly known me, and never have I recognized so quickly a soul I’ve met many times before...Jessi lived a life of service and the joy she experienced from this work and her relationship with the many people she helped and worked alongside allowed her to carry on through incredible grief and hardship, and the loss that is too familiar with those of us who use drugs and love people who use drugs. The things she did were holy and the life she lived was holy- and fully human. There are no other words than those that are sacred. She knew me ( and you) and loved me ( and you) just like I was ( and you are.) She loved every person she met just how they were and she met them where they were at. In every life she touched this spirit carries forth, creating an impact so vast it’s impossible to calculate. “

02/26/2026

Join us on Friday, March 6th at the Jessi Gilbert Harm Reduction and Recovery Community Center (1009 Ohio Street) to relax, socialize and make kits for the community! This is a great low-barrier opportunity to learn about our program, connect with people and help in a meaningful way.

02/15/2026

We hope to see folks there!

02/14/2026

Have a very amazing Valentine’s Day and remember everyday is a good day to practice harm reduction

02/13/2026

With all the busyness of the season, we wanted to pause a moment to give heartfelt thanks to our volunteers. Your offerings of labor, money, food and clothing have helped us to keep our most vulnerable community members warm, fed, connected, and alive.

Our programs have seen many great successes in recent months, which would have been impossible without you. Whether you have shown up to advocate with us in City Hall, staffed our emergency warming centers, cheffed it up with us on Taco Tuesdays, or shown up in other ways, we are grateful for you. Together, we will continue to save lives and protect the health of our communities.

Keep an eye out for upcoming community events, training and volunteer opportunities!

01/29/2026

We will be closed this Friday Jan 30th

Address

100 Broad Street
Bangor, ME
04401

Opening Hours

1pm - 4pm

Telephone

+12075051510

Website

https://npsanctuary.carrd.co/, http://needlepointsanctuary.org/

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