{"id":7056,"date":"2021-09-27T08:27:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T12:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/?p=7056"},"modified":"2021-09-27T08:29:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T12:29:12","slug":"maine-fishability-race-team-to-support-fishermens-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/2021\/09\/27\/maine-fishability-race-team-to-support-fishermens-association\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine FishAbility race team to support fishermen\u2019s association"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"FishAbility,Maine FishAbility<\/strong>, part of the Maine AgrAbility program, will sponsor a team of runners in the 2021 Maine Marathon Run for a Cause virtual relay.\u00a0 All proceeds will support the Maine Coast Fishermen\u2019s Association’s Fishermen Wellness Program, which helps to provide safety equipment and mental health and wellness support for fishermen and fishing families.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Maine FishAbility program works with fishermen who have chronic health conditions, injuries or disabilities to help them continue to work productively and safely.\u00a0 Barriers that fishermen, sea farmers, and harvesters face in Maine are not always visible; mental health issues are as real as physical health issues. \u201cIt\u2019s an isolating, dangerous occupation with falls overboard, boats sinking, and perpetual job insecurity. Depression, anxiety, stress, and anger all impact fishermen,\u201d says Monique Coombs, Director of Community Programs at Maine Coast Fishermen\u2019s Association (MCFA). MCFA works with fishermen supporting coastal communities. MCFA helps fishermen by focusing on their physical and mental health.<\/p>\n

In October, MCFA is a beneficiary in the \u20182021 Maine Marathon Run for a Cause\u2019. Funds raised will increase the support of Maine fishermen and raise awareness of mental health.\u00a0 To support this cause, a Maine FishAbility team will participate in the 26.2 mile Maine Marathon virtual relay event on October 8, 2021. Team leader Brie Weisman said, \u201cWe are pledging our blood, sweat, and tears so you don’t have to.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can support Maine fishermen\u2019s health too! \u00a0Please consider making a donation<\/a>, check out our fundraising page, and help us reach our goal of $250.<\/p>\n

Give today<\/a>.\u00a0 Giving online is easy and fast, and your support will make a real difference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maine FishAbility, part of the Maine AgrAbility program, will sponsor a team of runners in the 2021 Maine Marathon Run for a Cause virtual relay.\u00a0 All proceeds will support the Maine Coast Fishermen\u2019s Association’s Fishermen Wellness Program, which helps to provide safety equipment and mental health and wellness support for fishermen and fishing families. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","spc_primary_category":0},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":5,"label":"News"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/author\/"},"comment_info":"","category_info":[{"term_id":5,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":5,"taxonomy":"category","description":"News about AgrAbility","parent":0,"count":258,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":5,"category_count":258,"category_description":"News about AgrAbility","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7056"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7061,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7056\/revisions\/7061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}