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Finding Joy in the Simple Things: A Visit to an American Grocery Store
On Sunday July 17, we welcomed students from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to Portland, Maine for their 2-week Global Navigator Program sponsored by the Baltic-Amercian Freedom Foundation (BAFF). After unpacking... keep reading
Welcome to Maine!
The students’ first day here for the BAFF Leadership Academy was July 4th, and they were ready to start exploring regardless of the jetlag. After a quick class, we headed... keep reading
Hurricane Valley Farm and Coffee By Design: Socially Conscious Businesses
Today, the students visited the Hurricane Valley Farm in Falmouth. They were hosted by Cultivating Community, an organization that teaches, educates and empowers newly arrived migrants in Maine through sustainable... keep reading
Biddeford Mills: A Historic Glimpse of Past and Looking to the Future
Over the years the state of Maine has experienced drastic changes in the economy and the type of goods produced and services offered. Mills were built in many towns and... keep reading
Festival Weekend
The United States of America is a country colored by the diversity of its people. It is often referred to as a “melting pot,” and for good reason. There is... keep reading
Student Perspective: Boston Exploration - Harvard, Faneuil Hall, and beyond!
Today's Student Blog post was written by Ralfs Bormanis: While learning about the business world, our amazing group from BAFF Leadership Academy 2019 also explores interesting and exciting American culture... keep reading
Boston: A Trip to the City Upon a Hill!
Written by Arturs Danga from Latvia: While it seems that the count of days has become highly irrelevant, this particular day many of us had been looking forward to for... keep reading
Portland Sea Dogs Presentations: Attracting Millennials
Yesterday, after days of research and working to come up with ideas on how to help the Sea Dogs attract more millennials to games, the Global Navigators presented their ideas... keep reading
A Kayak Adventure
One thing that should come to mind when thinking about Maine: our beautiful coastlines. We spent half of the day out on Saco River, which opens up to the Atlantic... keep reading
Student Feature: My First American Baseball Game
Guest post, by student blogger: Deividas Latysovic Here we go, I thought way back in May, what can be more American than watching a good old fashioned game of American... keep reading
Hiking and Shopping: Both Extreme Sports
It was a warm and humid Sunday morning, typical of a Maine summer day. After a forty-five minute bus ride to Bradbury Mountain State Park, we set off on our... keep reading
Sea Dogs Biscuits, Dance Cams and Slugger!
Written by Viktoria Ishkina from Estonia: July 11th, the 4th day of BAFF Leadership Academy, was the day we were assigned to develop our first project during the program for... keep reading
Fun and S'more Fun
The Baltic States have marshmallows, chocolate, and sweet cookies like our graham crackers, however, they do not necessarily put them all together, warmed up by a fire as we do... keep reading
Final Day: Old Orchard Beach and Portland Head Light
All week, the forecast called for a 60% chance of showers and thunderstorms for our Saturday beach trip and last day together. Luckily, in defiance of the ominous icons on... keep reading
Hurricane Valley Farm
On the last Wednesday of the program, we had the opportunity to visit Hurricane Valley Farm to learn about social entrepreneurship. Met at the barn by Craig Lapine, founder and... keep reading