| Project Information |
Committee Grant Amount |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine, Portland to locate, screen, train and support qualified "Big" volunteers who each make a commitment of at least a year |
$5,000.00 |
| The Caleb Group, Inc., Swampscott, MA to create and staff a teen drop-in center at The Ledges in Saco, Maine, to provide local teens a safe and constructive place to gather and learn new skills while communicating and interacting with caring adult role models |
$3,050.00 |
| Community Bicycle Center, Biddeford to develop the CBC into a viable organization, engaging children in youth development activities while not in school |
$3,000.00 |
| Counseling Services, Inc., Saco to provide complementary services to children with severe and persistent mental illness |
$2,500.00 |
| Day One, South Portland for the Natural Helpers of Maine program, to reduce substance abuse and other risky behaviors among adolescents at Noble High School |
$4,000.00 |
| Education Foundation of the Kennebunks, Kennebunkport to establish a global studies classroom for seventh grade students at Kennebunk Middle School |
$1,500.00 |
| Family Care Services, Springvale to provide supervised visitation and transfer of custody services to families who have bee disrupted due to high conflict divorce, domestic violence, substance abuse or child maltreatment |
$5,000.00 |
| Joyful Harvest Neighborhood Center, Biddeford for a Youth Initiative to empower youth who reside in Biddeford to resist disruptive behaviors that affect them and their families |
$3,000.00 |
| Pine Tree State 4-H Club Foundation, Orono for training and implementation of the "Full of Ourselves; A Wellness Program to Advance Girl Power, Health and Leadership" for professionals, girls and their mothers |
$5,000.00 |
| Royal Family Kids' Camp of United Baptist Church of Saco, Saco to offset lodging and food expenses to help enable RFKC to continue to offer the week-long camp experience free of charge for child victims of abuse and/or neglect in York County |
$2,000.00 |
| Susan L. Curtis Foundation, Portland for underprivileged Maine children to attend Camp Susan Curtis |
$2,000.00 |
| Sweetser, Saco for 970 hours of community-based employment for York County youth with learning and/or behavioral impairments |
$5,000.00 |
| York County Community Action Corporation, Sanford to expose low-income children and families to the benefits of the arts |
$1,475.00 |
| York County Learning and Behavior Assessment Clinic, Kennebunk for costs associated with strategic planning and coordination of a retreat as part of an effort to help improve organizational structure |
$2,500.00 |