CHIP, Inc. Community Housing Improvement Project

CHIP, Inc. Community Housing Improvement Project Neighbors helping neighbors stay safe, warm, and dry. What CHIP, Inc. Safety issues: repairs to unsafe stairs, exposed wiring, broken windows and plumbing.

Since 1984, CHIP (Community Housing Improvement Project) has provided emergency home repairs and energy assistance to needy families in Lincoln County, Maine (Alna, Bremen, Bristol, Damariscotta, Jefferson, Newcastle, Nobleboro, Somerville, South Bristol, Waldoboro, Whitefield), at no cost. Most recipients of CHIP's services are elderly, disabled, or single parents with kids, often unable to affo

rd both food and fuel, and without assistance would be forced to choose one or the other. Does:

CHIP, Inc.’s local volunteers and part-time paid carpenters perform home repairs and improvements such as:

Weatherization: weather-stripping, insulation and installing weather skirting on mobile homes. Home Repairs: leaky windows, doors and roofs. Minor construction: wheelchair ramps, doorsteps and entryways. In addition to home repairs, CHIP, Inc. provides fuel assistance during the winter months. CHIP, Inc. sponsors Community Cares Day in September of each year on the first Saturday after Labor Day. This event brings together 100 to 150 volunteers, who, working in teams led by professionals, are able to make repairs ranging from general clean up to roof replacement at upwards of a dozen homes. The homeowners, if they are able, also help. Through CHIP, Inc.’s work and its assistance programs, our community is strengthened and the new bonds of friendship are forged between those who help and those who are helped. Sometimes, the assistance provided by CHIP makes the difference between a family being able to remain in their home or having to move out.

04/24/2026

Join us tomorrow!

04/24/2026
03/12/2026

Join us next Monday as we introduce our new program here in Damariscotta. Visit People to People Clothing next door at the First Baptist Church and then come on over and pick up some other helpful supplies.

Thank you Maine Calling for doing a lovely episode on Mainers helping eachother and featuring CHIP's very own Brittany G...
12/12/2025

Thank you Maine Calling for doing a lovely episode on Mainers helping eachother and featuring CHIP's very own Brittany Gill and the CHIP firewood bank. Listen in here: https://www.mainepublic.org/show/maine-calling Call CHIP at 207-380-9276 you'd like to volunteer this season or if you need heating assistance in Lincoln County. Stay warm out there!

Ways to lend a hand to those in need and give to others this season and beyond. Live at 11 am & again at 8 pm.

Lincoln Academy students and community volunteers came together to finish up a batch of insulating window inserts over t...
11/30/2025

Lincoln Academy students and community volunteers came together to finish up a batch of insulating window inserts over the Thanksgiving holiday. Thank you to all the supporters who help keep our neighbors safe and warm during the coldest months of the year.

To request help with heating or urgent home repairs call 207-380-9276. Support CHIP: www.chipinc.org

We are so thankful for all the community support that goes into making CHIP's firewood program a success. Thank you to T...
11/30/2025

We are so thankful for all the community support that goes into making CHIP's firewood program a success. Thank you to The Lincoln County News and Bisi Cameron Yee for featuring our volunteers. To request heating assistance or join the Wood Chips as a volunteer call today: 207-380-9276

The Bristol-South Bristol Transfer Station was a hive of more than the usual activity on Saturday, Nov. 22 as the Wood Chips, an all-volunteer offshoot of the Community Housing Improvement Project …

Thank you to Community Cares Day Team #10 who hauled 6000 pounds of trash and 1000 pounds of metal to the delight of th...
10/13/2025

Thank you to Community Cares Day Team #10 who hauled 6000 pounds of trash and 1000 pounds of metal to the delight of the homeowner. Another part of the team rebuilt a door.
More than 100 volunteers came together for Community Cares Day 2025! As one neighbor said, “It feels so good to be part of a Community that takes care of each other.”
Let’s keep the spirit of community rolling in Lincoln County!
2026 Community Cares Day is scheduled for Saturday, September 12th
But you need not wait until then! Work continues year-round with the splitting and stacking of firewood and other home repairs. Do you know someone good at behind the scenes organizing? Advisors to the CHIP board and Cares Day organizers welcome. For more details: [email protected]
Thank YOU for sharing in the spirit of community.

Thank you to Community Cares Day Team #9!More than 100 volunteers came together for Community Cares Day 2025! As one ne...
10/12/2025

Thank you to Community Cares Day Team #9!

More than 100 volunteers came together for Community Cares Day 2025! As one neighbor said, “It feels so good to be part of a Community that takes care of each other.”
Let’s keep the spirit of community rolling in Lincoln County!
2026 Community Cares Day is scheduled for Saturday, September 12th
But you need not wait until then! Work continues year-round with the splitting and stacking of firewood and other home repairs. Do you know someone good at behind the scenes organizing? Advisors to the CHIP board and Cares Day organizers welcome. For more details: [email protected]
Thank YOU for sharing in the spirit of community.

Thank you to Community Cares Day Team #7!More than 100 volunteers came together for Community Cares Day 2025! As one ne...
10/09/2025

Thank you to Community Cares Day Team #7!

More than 100 volunteers came together for Community Cares Day 2025! As one neighbor said, “It feels so good to be part of a Community that takes care of each other.”
Let’s keep the spirit of community rolling in Lincoln County!
2026 Community Cares Day is scheduled for Saturday, September 12th
But you need not wait until then! Work continues year-round with the splitting and stacking of firewood and other home repairs. Do you know someone good at behind the scenes organizing? Advisors to the CHIP board and Cares Day organizers welcome. For more details: [email protected]
Thank YOU for sharing in the spirit of community.
Newbies and Cares Day veterans joined together to tackle a variety of repairs.

Thank you to Community Cares Day Team #8 who built a ramp for a senior.More than 100 volunteers came together for Commu...
10/09/2025

Thank you to Community Cares Day Team #8 who built a ramp for a senior.
More than 100 volunteers came together for Community Cares Day 2025! As one neighbor said, “It feels so good to be part of a Community that takes care of each other.”
Let’s keep the spirit of community rolling in Lincoln County!
2026 Community Cares Day is scheduled for Saturday, September 12th
But you need not wait until then! Work continues year-round with the splitting and stacking of firewood and other home repairs. Do you know someone good at behind the scenes organizing? Advisors to the CHIP board and Cares Day organizers welcome. For more details: [email protected]
Thank YOU for sharing in the spirit of community.

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New Harbor, ME

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