The farm is in full swing and the session needs celebrating.

Join us for an evening to cultivate our collective purpose and power as a team! We come together also to celebrate the end of the session, powerful partners, and gender justice changemakers in our community.

Learn more about the event and see ticket levels below.

Program and Awardees

Party Opens - 5:30 - Enjoy snacks and meeting with friends. Reminder: Parking is at 7 Hanson Rd. and all guests should check in with registration upon arrival.

Stacy Brenner & Welcome to Broadturn Farm - 6:15 - We will begin with a word from Stacy Brenner of Broadturn Farm about the space in which we have gathered.

Maine Women’s Lobby on Purpose, Power, and Peonies - 6:18 - We will hear from Destie Hohman Sprague, the Executive Director of the Maine Women’s Lobby and MWL Education Fund about our purpose, power, and peonies.

Awards - 6:20 - We will honor community partners and champions of important work in the state who go above and beyond for gender equity.

Raising the Roof & Raising Support - 6:35 - Help support our work! Consider becoming a monthly sustainer, throwing a party with us, or volunteering.

Closing Remarks and Acknowledgements - 6:45 - We thank our sponsors and friends for all their work, time, and commitment to the work.

Party Concludes - 8:00 - Drive home safe!

Our incredible sponsors for this event include Sara Gips Goodall, Kim Simmons and Margo Clarke Simmons, Bernstein Shur, & Charlie Jacobs and Rebecca Stanley.

  • We’ll be located at Broadturn Farm in Scarborough, a farm cultivating 9 acres of flowers and organic produce, on land leased from Scarborough Land Trust. Parking at 7 Hanson Road.

  • We will have a delicious grazing table from Charcutemarie, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks (beer from the beloved Banded Brewing Company), and good company.

  • Spread the word and bring friends!

    Can’t make it? Send your regrets with a $25 or $50 donation!

Ticket Levels

  • The Wheel-barrows

    Free Admission for volunteers. Wheelbarrows move everything along in our work - sometimes we all need support for a heavy lift.

  • The Chain Saws

    $25 ticket: Get out of the way, they’re roaring with pure power to knock down injustice.

  • The Tractors

    $50 ticket: Essential, central, and key to our success: tractors are used for everything from plowing to planting.

  • The Combines

    $100 ticket plus one free ticket for a guest: Threshing AND harvesting nutritious crops for food and feed.

  • The Tillers

    $250 ticket plus two free guest tickets: Sometimes the ground is too hard and compact - we need something to break it down and make it easier to grow.

  • The Balers

    $500 ticket plus four free guest tickets: With nothing wasted and no time spared, balers compact things like hay, cotton, straw, which allows for proper storage for the long haul.

Join Us! Get Tickets Here.

Host Committee:

The Souped-Up Pick Up Trucks

$1,000 ticket plus six guests: It doesn’t matter if we’re driving to the dump or the State House - we get where we need to go and can bring all of our friends!

Chip in an additional $25 to cover the cost of our volunteers & students (such as our youth program participants).

Safety & Access

During the evening, you are encouraged to walk through the farm and visit the different flower plots.

Please email Dania at dania@mainewomen.org to talk through any mobility concerns you may have for this event. There is a small step into the open barn, as well as steps to the bathrooms.

We ask that if you are not feeling well to stay home. This is an outdoor event and there is an open barn. We will provide masks and hand sanitizer. Before attending, we encourage everyone to test for COVID-19 with an at-home test kit or a PCR test. Please email Dania at dania@mainewomen.org if you require any assistance in accessing tests.