BANGOR — The 2018 Community Matters More grant winners have been announced. Bangor Savings Bank Foundation’s 11th annual grant program awarded $117,000 to 45 Maine and New Hampshire nonprofit organizations chosen by a public ballot voting process. More than 76,000 votes were submitted during February for more than 3,400 nonprofits located in every Maine county and Rockingham […]
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Pizza, pasta, jobs? New Tree Street Youth program looks to break the ice between youth, employers
LEWISTON — Twenty young people and 20 business people are scheduled to meet Wednesday night for pizza and pasta at Androscoggin Bank. The gathering’s purpose is to talk about, well, anything. This is not about job interviews. Instead, it is a bring-yourself-as-yourself event. Organizers hope the gettogether will create connections that lead to real relationships and, […]
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L-A Rotary present Tree Street Youth with grant check to support education
AUBURN – One of the 2017-2018 goals of the Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Lunch Club has been to provide laptops and iPads to Tree Street Youth program (TSY) located at 144 Howe St. Rotarians presented a $4,500 grant check to the program recently. “Providing financial assistance to TSY aligns with our club’s mission and focus on literacy,” […]
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Tree Street welcomes newest board members
LEWISTON — Tree Street Youth welcomed seven new members to their board of directors on Oct. 9. Abdimalik Maalim was born in Somalia but raised in If’o Kenya. In 2006, he arrived in the United States and attended Lewiston High School where he graduated in 2011. He then went on to receive his associate degree […]
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Tree Street summer program opens for 180 children
LEWISTON — Tree Street Youth Center began its five-week summer program Monday with 160 students enrolled. The 80 younger students attend from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; the 80 older students from 1 to 4 p.m. “It’s all at no cost to families,” Tree Street Executive Director Julia Sleeper said. Teachers and counselors wear color-coded […]
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Lewiston groups win grant to plan alternative high school
LEWISTON — Lewiston may get a second new school in the fall of 2019, thanks to private foundation. On Tuesday, the Boston-based Barr Foundation announced it is awarding a $150,000 grant to Tree Street Youth Center to work with Lewiston Public Schools and Wayfinder Schools to plan an alternative high school in the Longley school […]
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Correction: Marcus-Platz chairs Tree Street board
LEWISTON — A story published on Page B1 of the City edition Friday should have said Betty Robinson is a board member of Tree Street Youth and Paula Marcus-Platz is chairwoman of the board. It was a reporting error.
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Tree Street Youth unveils expansion, fundraising campaign
LEWISTON — In 2011, Tree Street Youth was a two-room summer youth program tucked into a building at the corner of Howe and Birch streets. Employees were founder Julie Sleeper, four interns and eight high school leaders. Today, Tree Street Youth comprises Sleeper and 12 paid staffers, four interns and 25 high school leaders. Wednesday, […]
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Androscoggin Bank foundation gives to Tree Street Youth, Safe Voices
LEWISTON — Two Lewiston-Auburn organizations were among seven that recently received grants from Androscoggin Bank’s MainStreet Foundation aimed at supporting at-risk Maine children. Tree Street Youth of Lewiston received $5,000 to support area youth through academics, the arts and athletics, while providing a safe space. The funding will allow Tree Street Youth to hire high […]