Franklin Memorial Hospital hosted the 5th annual Meal for a Meal on Nov. 28. The hospital cafeteria provided a full holiday meal for a donation to go toward the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce’s Gerry Wiles Holiday Food Basket Program. A total of $2,109 was raised to provide 84 meal baskets to residents of Franklin […]
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Lisbon Community FCU donates to food pantries
Lorraine Turcotte, right, vice president of Lisbon Community Federal Credit Union, presents a donation check to Ending Hunger in Maine advocate and walker Brenda Davis, who is executive director of BBC Opportunity Center in Old Town. Each year Davis partners with Maine’s credit unions to travel daily by foot and car to raise funds to […]
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OTIS FCU donates to pantry
Kim Turner, OTIS Federal Credit Union president/CEO, right, presents a $117 check to longtime advocate Brenda Davis on behalf of the Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger. Davis is the executive director of BBC Opportunity Center, a food insecurity organization serving eastern and central Maine. OTIS FCU was one of 96 credit unions in 90 […]
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Androscoggin Bank's $25K for Kids grant goes to New Beginnings
The Androscoggin Bank’s MainStreet Foundation has named New Beginnings the 2018 recipient of its annual $25K for Kids grant. The award was presented at the MainStreet Foundation’s annual meeting Nov. 15. Sharing in the presentation, from left: Lacey Donle, outreach program coordinator; Danylle Carson, vice president of the New Beginnings Board and a lawyer at […]
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OTIS FCU donates to historical society
OTIS Federal Credit Union donated $1,320 to the Livermore-Livermore Falls Historical Society to buy a new computer tower, a monitor, a backup external drive, a printer, software and a surge protector. The society is cataloging and photographing thousands of artifacts and printed documents in its collection. At the presentation are, from left, Gary Desjardins, director, […]
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Community Credit Union donates to MCI
Community Credit Union has recently presented Maine Community Integration with a check for $250. Maine Community Integration promotes cultural understanding and equal opportunities for asylum-seekers in the Lewiston-Auburn community. The donation will assist clients of MCI in getting nutritious food and other goods for themselves and their families. From left: Fowsia Musse of Maine Community Integration, and […]
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Community Credit donates to Turner Food Pantry
Community Credit Union presents the Turner Food Pantry with a $750 donation. The pantry is in the Boofy Quimby Memorial Center in North Turner and is staffed by volunteers from the North Turner Union Presbyterian Church. Community Credit Union participates in the Maine Credit Union League’s initiative known as the Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for […]
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Poland Spring Water awards grant to USM Foundation
Poland Spring Natural Spring Water has awarded a $25,000 Good Neighbor Grant to the University of Southern Maine Foundation. The grant will fund an upland watershed monitoring project conducted by the university’s Environmental Science and Policy program. It will provide researchers better insight into the impacts of climate change and land use on small forests […]
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CCU donates to New Beginnings
Andrea Wessling, left, and Ashley Ward, right, of Community Credit Union present a $250 donation to Amber Kruk, second from left, and Rachel Spencer-Reed of New Beginnings in Lewiston. New Beginnings serves an average of 700 teens and young adults each year through programs such as shelter, transitional living and outreach. Community Credit Union participates […]
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Community Concepts lands grant from TD Bank
LEWISTON — The TD Charitable Foundation, the giving arm of TD Bank, has awarded Community Concepts a $20,000 grant to expand its efforts to learn what Lewiston residents want to see in an ideal future Tree Streets area. Community Concepts is hoping to engage people who otherwise would not get involved in such a planning […]