PORTLAND – The 2005 Teens Who Care Awards will be presented to seven Maine young people for outstanding service to their communities: Ryan Crane of Mechanic Falls, Katharine Farrell of Portland, Katherine Dickey of Camden, Hannah Dunphy of South Portland, Brandon Giberson of Bingham, Barbara St. Peter of Old Town and Daniel Sandberg of Freeport.

The award presentations will be made at a gala event at the Portland Museum of Art on Monday, April 11. First Lady Karen Baldacci will be the honored keynote speaker.

Crane coaches children through the Mechanic Falls Recreation Program, and he is involved with Special Olympics. Farrell works with developmentally disabled children at the Morrison Developmental Center and with the elderly at the Park Danforth.

Dickey created Lifelines, a suicide prevention and education group at Camden Hills Regional High School. Dunphy is involved with her local chapter of Amnesty International.

Giberson volunteers at Redington-Fairview General Hospital and is a longtime participant in a smoking prevention program for grade school children. St. Peter is involved in Pathfinders, a hospice agency and support group for grieving children. Sandberg is with Friends of Kakamega, a Quaker organization that supports AIDS orphans in Kenya.

The teens will be honored with a short documentary-style “profile,” which will debut at the museum event. They will be televised on WCSH 6 and WLBZ 2 in the Teens Who Care 2005 show at 7:30 p.m. April 23. Each teen will be awarded a $1,000 scholarship. Teens may be nominated by any adult member of the community. For additional information, contact community relations at WCSH 6 or WLBZ 2 at 1-800-464-1213.

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