COVID-19
Page Updated 4/2/2020, 3:30 PM
Ferry Beach will update this webpage, regularly. Please take good care of yourself, your loved ones and your neighbors.
Page Updated 4/2/2020, 3:30 PM
Ferry Beach will update this webpage, regularly. Please take good care of yourself, your loved ones and your neighbors.
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April 2, 2020, 12:45 PM - Ferry Beach Campus is Closed
The State of Maine has a "Shelter-in-Place" order in effect until April 30th, 2020. All programs in April have been cancelled, postponed, or will be held online. Our staff will be working from home and would be available to help you as as they normally would. Please call 207-282-4489 or email us at info@ferrybeach.org for any questions or concerns you may have. March 18, 2020, 3:00 PM - Ferry Beach Response to COVID-19 In the last few years we have accomplished a great deal at Ferry Beach for the comfort and safety of our guests. These changes include additional accessible walkways, the board walk, automatic door openers and more. We have also upgraded our buildings with heat pumps and air conditioning units. In all, safety has always been our driving force. As you know, our world is facing a crisis: COVID-19. As the world-wide health professionals address this issue, we are paying close attention. We are also assessing what are the best ways that we can do our part to keep our communities safe. At this time, there are a growing number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Maine and throughout New England (CDC Map). We are following the State of Maine’s CDC and the Federal CDC recommendations on social distancing and our facility is closed and staff are teleworking until further notice. Like you, we are in a “wait-and-see” space. We want our summer season to go on as planned, but we also want our community, our country and our world to be safe. We hope you are practicing all of the protocols in your life as well. For now, we are anxious for our future, but making plans. When we reopen we will be encouraging our guests to make good hygiene decisions by reminding them about frequent hand washing, not touching their faces, not holding hands; coughing or sneezing into a tissue or the crook of their arm and staying home if sick or believe you may have been exposed to a sick person. We are changing the way we will serve food in the dining hall. We will caution conference leaders regarding hand holding in gathering circles and to share with all participants, the need to refrain from enthusiastic hugs and kisses. For the safety of all of our guests, anyone displaying symptoms of a virus will be sent home immediately. At Ferry Beach we follow the ServSafe guidelines and are careful to wash down surfaces with a germicide cleaning solution. We regularly wash down all doorknobs, light switches and other high-touch surfaces with approved disinfectants. Please keep yourselves and your loved ones safe. Check back with us regularly for more information. For more information about the COVID-19 see these links: Maine CDC; Federal CDC. |
