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Your Custom Text Here Our Story 13 Neighbors in our community who live in poverty 37 Children in our community who qualify for free lunch at school 246 Families and individuals assisted across all of our programs Our inspiration stems from recognizing that barriers exist between social classes that poverty can be a generational trap and isolation perpetuates a segregation. We are committed to the hard work of improving the wellbeing of our citizens and resiliency of our community. Out of this realization came the creation of Community Compass which is a collaboration of community members Neighborhood Navigators and partner organizations working collectively to break the cycle of poverty by engaging the financially struggling reducing barriers to prosperity and building opportunity for all citizens of Blue Hill Brooklin Brooksville Castine Deer Isle Orland Penobscot Sedgwick Stonington and Surry. We have strong collaborative partnerships with Downeast Community Parnters Healthy Peninsula Healthy Acadia Friends in Action local elementary schools and several local churches.