Resources

Events

When it comes to tick-borne illnesses, a philosophy of increasing education & awareness is good. A history is even better. Over the past six years, Mainely Ticks has been a leader in promoting education & awareness of tick-borne illnesses to residents of Southern Maine and beyond. We've conducted numerous seminars and workshops through community based forums, adult education programs, home & flower shows, wellness and physician conferences and through the distribution of over 50,000 free tick identification-tick removal guides and educational brochures.

Mainely Ticks remains committed to supporting future events. Contact us via email if you would like more information on our educational programs in the Southern Maine area. Also available, as time permits, are community screening opportunities of the Lyme documentary Under Our Skin.

Remember, when it comes to tick-borne illnesses, Prevention is the BEST Prescription!

2012 Upcoming Events

If you live in the Southern Maine area, contact Bob or Barb at bob@mainelyticks.com to check on the availability of an educational seminar. Topics include assessing your risk, deer tick identification-tick removal, life cycle, landscape modifications, personal protection strategies or Lyme and associated disease.

2011 Past Events

Wednesday, June 15. Wiscasset, Maine. Wiscasset Conservation Commission. Viewing of Under Our Skin followed by a Question & Answer session at Wiscasset Municipal Building, 51 Bath Road. Start time 6:30. Educational materials will be available for all participants.

Wednesday, May 18. University of Southern Maine Employee Wellness Program. This year's fair will be held at the Costello Fitness Center field house on the Gorham Campus of the University of Southern Maine. Hours are 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. For more details about the fair, contact Suzanne Roy at 207-228-8151.

Wednesday, May 4. Kennebunk Town Hall, room 300, Kennebunk, Maine. Start time: 6:30 pm. Dr. Beatrice Szantyr will host a "Tick Talk" on how to avoid getting a tick bite and what to do if you do find an attached tick. In addition to personal protection strategies, tick ecology and the signs and symptoms of Lyme disease and co-infections will be discussed. A short question and answer session will follow. Free. For more information, call 207-985-9063

Saturday, April 30-Sunday, May 1. Maine Association of School Nurses is hosting the New England School Nurse Conference at the Holiday Inn by the Bay, Portland, Maine. Mainely Ticks will provide educational literature including posters, bookmarks, tick identification guides and educational tri-fold bruchures. Click here to view the agenda for the conference.

Sunday, May 1. Massachusetts. Governor Deval Patrick has notified the Sturbridge Lyme Awareness of Massachusetts (S.L.A.M.) of his intent to sign a Proclamtion declaring the month of May as "Lyme Disease Awareness Month" in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts!  This May will be the first official "Lyme disease awareness month" ever in Massachusetts. S.L.A.M is planning a May 1st event where the Governor will read the proclamation and kick off the month with a family fun/awareness event at the Sturbridge Town Common! Mainely Ticks will will conduct two educational sessions and distribute educational materials to all participants. Click here for more info.

Wednesday, April 20. New Hampshire. Wellness fair at the Conant School in Concord, New Hampshire. Educational materials will be distributed to all students, staff and community members attending.

Thursday, April 7, 6:00 pm. Saco Bay Gardening Club at the Dyer Library in Saco, Maine. A discussion on strategies for the prevention of tick-borne diseases followed by a question and answer session. Educational literature will be distributed to participants.

Thursday, April 7.    Windham High School Adult Ed 6:30pm to 8:30pm Under Our Skin, an award winning Lyme disease documentary that chronicles patient care, physician stories and treatment controversies. We'll also distribute our free tick identification-tick removal guide.

Friday, March 25, and Saturday, March 26. 2011 American Camping Association's New England Conference, Manchester, New Hampshire. ProTickMe kits will be on sale. Free educational posters and brochures to all attendees. Registration to the event is required. Click here for more information on this conference.

Tuesday, March 8. New England Parent Group Expo. Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel, 181 Boston Post Road West Marlborough, Massachusetts. 9:00 am - 2:30 pm.

Saturday, February 19, and Sunday, February 20. 2011 Maine Home, Remodeling & Garden Show. Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, Maine. We'll have our new ProTickMe kit for sale. Free educational poster and brochure to all who visit. There is an entrance fee to the show. Click here for more information.

Friday, February 11, and Saturday, February 12 Maine Osteopathic Association Mid-Winter Conference. Holiday Inn by the Bay, Portland, Maine.

2010 Past Events

Saturday, October 23 4th annual Walk for Lyme, Back Bay, Portland, ME.

Thursday, October 21 Lyme Disease Event  – Film and Live Q&A – 7-9:30p.m: At Lincoln County Community Theater, 2 Theatre street in Damariscotta, free showing of Under Our Skin, an award winning Lyme disease documentary that chronicles patient care, physician stories and treatment controversies followed by a Question & Answer session. FMI please call the Pemaquid Watershed Association office, 563-2196. Bob & Barb Maurais of Mainely Ticks will begin with a discussion of ways to better protect yourself against tick-borne illnesses, including tick identification-tick removal, personal protection strategies and landscape modifications. Free educational materials will be available for all attendees.

Thursday, Oct 7 Windham High School Adult Ed 6pm to 9pm Room 120. Call 892 1819 to preregister. Free. Under Our Skin, an award winning Lyme disease documentary that chronicles patient care, physician stories and treatment controversies. Q&A session after film with Barb Maurais, Mainely Ticks Educator.

Sunday, September 26 through Sunday, October 2.  Cumberland Fair 9am to 9pm Admission charge.  Cumberland, ME. We will be unveiling our new ProTickMe kit and poster, as well as other Free educational handouts including our tick identification-tick removal guide.

Sunday, June 27 Girl Scouts of Maine summer camp workshop on Lyme disease.

Saturday, June 12    Maine Osteopathic Association Annual Oceanside Convention, Samoset, Rockport, ME Presented tick-borne disease workshops to Maine physicians.

Thursday, May 20 USM Wellness Fair,  Sullivan Gym, Portland, ME.

Wednesday, April 14 1 pm  Governor’s Office, State House, Augusta Maine.  Governor Baldacci signed May is Lyme Awareness Month Resolution.

Wednesday, March 31    Windham High School Adult Ed 6:30pm to 8:30pm Under Our Skin, an award winning Lyme disease documentary that chronicles patient care, physician stories and treatment controversies. We'll also distribute our free tick identification-tick removal guide.

2009 Past Events

Saturday, September 19 10am to 3pm Wonder of Wood. FREE Sullivan Gym Complex, USM, Portland, ME. Stop by to pick up your Free Tick Identification-tick removal Card & Tick Educational Guide.

Sunday, September 27 thru Saturday, October3 9am to 9pm  Admission charge. Cumberland County Fair, Cumberland, ME. We will have our Mainely Ticks informational display, tick identification-tick removal cards and educational guides.

May 1-31 Lyme Disease Awareness Month in Maine

Saturday, May 9 noon to 5pm Smart Energy Expo. Kennebunk High School, Kennebunk, ME.  FREE!  Join Bob & Barb Maurais of Mainely Ticks and learn about personal protection strategies, landscape modifications, deer tick life cycle, tick identification-tick removal techniques and reduce your risk of contracting Lyme and associated diseases. Free tick identification-tick removal card & Tick Educational Guide.

2008 Past Events

Thursday, October 16 6:30pm to 8:30pm Under Our Skin, an award winning Lyme disease documentary that chronicles patient care, physician stories and treatment controversies. Poland Town Hall, Rt 26, Poland, ME. FREE! 

Saturday, October 11 9am to 1pm Poland Community Fair. Poland Regional High School, Rt 26, Poland, ME.  FREE!  Stop by and receive a free tick identification-tick removal educational guide developed by Bob & Barb Maurais of Mainely Ticks.

Friday, Saturday, Sunday October 3, 4 &5. Maine Snowmobile Show Augusta Civic Center, Exit 112 off I-95. Admission  Adults $6 Children under 12 free.   Pick up a free tick identification card, visit with Barb of Mainely Ticks and learn how to reduce your risk of encountering deer ticks any time the temperature is above freezing. Saturday, May 24 10 am & 2pm  Roosevelt Trail Landscape & Garden Center 310 Roosevelt Trail  Windham, ME [directions] FREE!  Join Bob & Barb Maurais of Mainely Ticks at the Roosevelt Trail Garden Center’s Annual Open House and learn about personal protection strategies, landscape modifications, deer tick life cycle, tick removal techniques and reduce your risk of contracting Lyme and associated diseases. Free tick identification-tick removal card & Tick Educational Guide.

Tuesday, May 13 6:30pm Camden Public Library 55 Main Street, Camden, Maine. FREE! . Dr. Beatrice Szantyr of Lincoln, Maine will present a slide show and discussion of Lyme disease in Maine at the Camden Public Library on Tuesday, May 13, at 6:30 pm.  She will focus on awareness, tick identification-tick removal, risk factors, prevention and symptomology of the disease. Dr. Szantyr is a board certified internist and pediatrician who has spent several years researching & educating about Lyme disease in New England. She is a graduate of UCONN School of Medicine and St. Louis University Hospitals. FMI Contact: Ken Gross, Program Director, Camden Public Library 207 236 3440

Saturday, April 26 7pm Tribeca Film Festival New York City, NY  AMC Village VII Theater 2 World Premier Under Our Skin, a Feature Documentary of the Tribeca Festival.

March 5 -9 Portland Flower Show   Come visit us at the Flower Show and pick up a free tick identification-tick removal guide and other educational materials that will help you to reduce your risk of tick exposure.

March 28-30 Maine Home & Garden Show USM Gorham campus

Your Health and Your Backyard Adult Ed/Community presentations:

YOUR HEALTH AND YOUR BACKYARD...Strategies to safeguard your family from tick and mosquito borne diseases. Join Ed, Bob and Barb Maurais of Mainely Ticks and Ted St. Amand of Atlantic Pest Solutions for one of these informational presentations followed by a question and answer session devoted to educating you on: The life cycle and habitat of deer ticks and mosquitoes; Tick identification and appropriate tick removal techniques; Mosquito and Tick-borne diseases; Integrated Pest Management Recommendations, such as personal protection strategies and more. Ed and Bob Maurais are co-owners of Mainely Ticks serving York and Cumberland Counties, and licensed Commercial Master Applicators in the State of Maine. Barb Maurais is an educator and maintains the company website www.mainelyticks.com. Ted St. Amand is the owner of Atlantic Pest Solutions and is a Commercial Master Applicator in both Maine and New Hampshire. He is a registered IPM Practitioner and is a current board member on the Maine IPM Council bringing thirty years of pest management experience to the table.

March 13 6:30-8:30pm York High School

March 19 6:30-8:30pm Kennebunk High School

March 25 6:30-8:30pm Yarmouth High School Performing Arts Center

March 27 6:30-8:30pm Falmouth Town Hall

April 1  6:30-8:30pm Windham High School

2007 Past Events

Tuesday, May 1 & Wednesday, May 2 Augusta, ME. May is Lyme Awareness month in Maine. The Maine Legislature voted on a resolution proclaiming May 2007 as Lyme Awareness Month in Maine.  Also adopted was a resolution supporting federal legislation HR 741, the Lyme and Tick-borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2007.

Tuesday, May 1 Camden, ME.  Tick Talk - Camden Public Library 6pm.   Dr. Beatrice Szantyr of Lincoln, Maine presented a slide show and discussion on Lyme disease at the Camden Public Library at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 1.

Wednesday, May 2 Wells, ME. Lunch ’n’ Learn Laudholm Farms at the Wells Reserve. Noon - 1pm. Lunch ‘n’ Learn: Tick talk with Chuck Lubelczyk of the Maine Medical Center. Lubelczyk illuminated the itty bitty critters responsible for spreading West Nile Virus and Lyme Disease.  Participants brought a bag lunch and a mug for free organic coffee and tea. Free.  Wednesday, May 2, The Wells Reserve, 342 Laudholm Farm Road, Wells. Reservations were requested. Call 646-1555, or go online to www.wellsreserve.org

Thursday, May 10 Auburn, ME.  Tick Talk - Auburn Public Library 6pm.         Members of the public joined Bea Szantyr MD & Constance Dickey, RN at the Auburn Public Library, 49 Spring Street, Auburn, ME to learn more about Lyme disease - symptoms & diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation, ,prevention, resources, 2 standards of care, patient stories & support.    Bob & Barb of Mainely Ticks & Ted & Duncan from Atlantic Pest Solutions had displays and were available to discuss personal protection strategies & options before and after the Tick Talk. FMI email bobmaurais@worldnet.att.net

Saturday, May 19 Gray, ME.  Learn about Lyme disease 11am - 2pm. The Maine Medical Center Research Institute had lots of information about ticks and control of tick-borne diseases like Lyme Disease. Participants learned how to identify the different types of ticks found in Maine, and got tips on prevention & basic information on the disease itself. Maine Wildlife Park info link.

Saturday, May 19 West Haven, CT.  Current Trends in Lyme Disease Research 8:30am-5:00pm.  2nd annual Lyme disease Symposium at the University of New Haven Dodds Hall Auditorium, 300 Boston Post Road, West Haven CT. Featured speakers included Sandy Berenbaum, LCSW, Joseph Burrascano, MD, Brian Fallon, MD. FMI & contact info,  click symposium flyer.

2006 Past Events

Your health and your backyard.

A seminar and open house on the prevention and treatment of Lyme, EEE and West Nile diseases on Saturday, March 25, 2006 from 2pm to 6pm at Wells High School, Route 109, Wells, Maine.  Snow date is Saturday, April 1, 2006.  Six guest speakers and more than a dozen exhibitors will present a wide spectrum of information to the community on protection, prevention and treatment of these diseases.

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Learn what you can do to reduce your risk of contracting these diseases.

Bob Maurais from Mainely Ticks will open the speaker series at 2:15pm.   Terry Walters, LaValley Lumber Licensed Maine Forester, Charles Lubelczyk, Field Biologist, Maine Medical Center, Dr. Robert Gholson, Maine State Public Health Veterinarian, and Shawn Mullen, Bayer Products Entomologist, will follow.  The final speaker at 5:15 pm will be Dr. Teresa Caprio, DO, who specializes in neuromusculoskeletal medicine, Lyme disease and other tick borne illnesses.

Exhibitors will have educational information, program information and products on display from 2pm to 6pm.  Exhibitors include:  Reigning Cats and Dogs, IgeneX Laboratories, Wells Veterinary Hospital, Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm, Wells Chamber of Commerce, Rachel Carson National Wildlife Reserve, Maine Lyme Support Group, Wells Parks and Recreation, Bayer Products, York Hospital, Ladyslipper Landscape & Design, SWOAM (Small Woodlot Owners Association of Maine), and Mainely Ticks. Free tick identification-tick removal guides will be available.

The seminar is sponsored by the Wells-Ogunquit Health Association, Wells-Ogunquit Adult Community Education and Mainely Ticks.