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Kathy Hecht and her service dog. Photo by Tom Walsh/Bangor Daily News. Uploaded May 2, 2013Caring Canines

“Having a service dog can be so freeing for people with disabilities,” says Kathy Hecht, program instructor at the University of Maine at Machias. With support from the Maine Charity Foundation Fund, disabled individuals in downeast Maine are learning how to train service dogs.

If your organization is looking for funding to support dog and cat programs, the community foundation's Belvedere Animal Welfare Fund is currently accepting grant applications. Photo by Tom Walsh/Bangor Daily News

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“Anatomy of a Partnership: Lessons from the Quality of Place Initiative,” a report by the Environmental Funders Network, has just been released by the Maine Community Foundation and the Maine Philanthropy Center ... more

Community Voices: "CSA: Community Supporting Arts," a project of the Kennebec Valley Art Association and the Harlow Gallery, promotes local art and food by partnering 14 artists with 13 CSA farms in and around central Maine. The artists created work -- paintings, photographs, sculptures -- inspired by the farmers’ lives and work. The project received support from the community foundation’s Maine Expansion Arts Fund. Have a look.

  
  From the Real Time Blog

Learning by doing: Guest blogger Bo Norris shows how a group of Mainers built on a shared purpose to create change in Collective Action: The Big Opportunity, May 20, 2013.

My family was a big part of my college success, and this year’s UMA graduating class is no different. Read If You Educate Mothers, You Educate a Family, May 13, 2013.

I'm proud to call Maine home, but even more proud to know that we are one New England. Read New England Strong, April 29, 2013.

  

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