LEWISTON — Community Concepts is taking over Advocates for Children. Leaders for both nonprofits say Advocates for Children’s programs and location will stay the same. Employees will remain and the agency’s name will stay the same. But the takeover means Advocates for Children can spend less money on overhead, including an executive director, and it […]
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Purple hats raise awareness of infants' crying period
Patrick Saucier, 4, of Lisbon puts a new purple hat on his 2-day-old brother, Nathan, at the St. Mary’s Family Birthing unit in Lewiston on Friday. The hat was made by an Advocates for Children volunteer and given to Nathan before he went home from the hospital. Zack Fortin of Advocates for Children dropped off […]
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Grants awarded to nonprofits
LEWISTON — Androscoggin Bank’s MainStreet Foundation announced the recipients of its impact grants for the second quarter of 2018. Recognizing a need for at-risk kids in Maine to be safe, healthy, active, happy, educated and nourished, the MainStreet Foundation awards grants to organizations actively working to help kids thrive. The grants vary based on the […]
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Advocates For Children celebrating 40 years
LEWISTON — Advocates For Children (AFC), a local organization dedicated to the prevention of child abuse and neglect, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. AFC was initially incorporated as Androscoggin Community Coordinating Committee (A Tri C) in June 1978, in response to the little recognition that was being given to sexual and emotional abuse […]
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Touch a Truck to get families up close to big vehicles
AUBURN — United Way of Androscoggin County, in partnership with Advocates for Children, Central Maine Community College and Clover Pre-School, is hosting the eighth annual Touch-A-Truck event on Saturday, May 5, at Central Maine Community College, 1250 Turner St. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a quiet hour from 10 […]
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Spider-Man at Auburn arena Saturday
Event promotes awarenessabout child abuse, prevention AUBURN — Advocates for Children of Lewiston will promote National Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention Month with Spider-Man from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 14, at the Norway Savings Bank Arena. Superhero Saturday will help raise awareness, celebrate the community’s efforts toward child abuse prevention and be a fundraiser […]
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Watch for signs of child abuse
At Advocates For Children, we work to empower children and families to lead healthy and productive lives. Whenever we see horrific cases of child abuse, like the recent death of Marissa Kennedy, we are heartbroken. Child abuse happens across socio-economic lines; across racial and ethnic lines, age and gender. We each have an important role […]
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Advocates for Children program receives Blue Ribbon status
LEWISTON — Advocates for Children has announced that the Maine Families Androscoggin Home Visiting Program was recently awarded the Blue Ribbon status from Parents as Teachers National Center. The Blue Ribbon is a high distinction in the field of evidence-based home visiting and means the group is committed to delivering the highest quality services to […]
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Hats for newborns
Zack Fortin of Advocates for Children hands Alex Ray of Minot a hand-knitted purple hat for her newborn, Hudson, at the St. Mary’s Family Birthing Unit in Lewiston on Wednesday. Fortin dropped off volunteer-made hats to the maternity wards at St. Mary’s and Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston to raise awareness for The Period […]
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Advocates for Children to deliver purple caps to local hospitals
LEWISTON — Advocates for Children will deliver hundreds of newborn-size, knitted purple hats to the birthing units at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center and Central Maine Medical Center in the next few weeks. The hats, handmade by numerous Advocates for Children volunteers, will be given to each baby born at St. Mary’s and CMMC in […]