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- Several MaineCF grantees participate in Museums for All, a nationwide effort to make the visual arts accessible through free or reduced admission fees.
- A $10,000 grant from a donor-advised fund at MaineCF supports But Still I Am One and its services for unhoused and home-insecure high school students in Waldo County.
- Wabanaki Health and Wellness, a MaineCF grantee, offers free viewings of "Dawnland" and "Blood Memory" through the month of May.
- MaineCF announces the promotion of Laura Lee to vice president of community impact.
- The Strand Theatre in Rockland welcomes Grammy-nominated artist Fyütch. The performance was funded in part by MaineCF's Knox County Fund.
- Western Foothills Land Trust acquires 100 acres in the Sebago Lake Watershed with support from MaineCF.
- Coastal Mountains Land Trust's Waldo County Conservation Initiative funds the acquisition of 495 acres with support from MaineCF.
- Penquis Youth Hockey Association is awarded a MaineCF grant to reduce costs for local youth to participate in hockey.
- Wintergreen Arts Center uses a MaineCF grant to create Wintergreen Kids News Network, a digital storytelling project to broadcast real news by real kids about things happening across Aroostook County.
- Host Homes for Youth program, which serves young people in Piscataquis County who are without a home or at risk of being without a home, receives funding from the Miltiades Fund and the Piscataquis County Fund of the Maine Community Foundation.
- Local children share original plays at The Waldo Theatre with support from the Expansion Arts Fund.
- The artist of Maine’s labor history mural will paint large wall in downtown Ellsworth. The Heart of Ellsworth project received MaineCF funding.
- The Belfast Curling Club has received a grant from the Waldo County Fund of the Maine Community Foundation to broaden the reach of curling’s health and social benefits during Maine’s long winters.
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