LEWISTON — Northeast Bank donated $10,000 to support Good Shepherd Food Bank, providing about 30,000 meals to help eliminate hunger in Maine. Bank employees raised $8,812 in a virtual food drive and the bank added additional funds. The donation makes Northeast Bank a Guiding Partner corporate donor and illustrates the bank’s commitment to improving the […]

NORWAY — Norway Savings Bank made 24 surprise donations in December to nonprofits providing much-needed resources in Oxford, Androscoggin, Cumberland, York and Sagadahoc counties. The organizations provide a wide range of services, from nutrition support, domestic violence prevention services, housing, education, health care, environmental protection and more. Among the nonprofit organizations receiving donations were: • […]

AUBURN — Auburn Savings Bank employees Kim Croteau and Ashley Pennington each donated $500 they were awarded from the bank’s U Make Us Better employee recognition program to The Dempsey Center and the Hope Haven Gospel Mission. Each organization received $500. The bank’s program honors employees who go above and beyond in their work and […]

OXFORD — Bearfoot Realty raised $28,000 in donations from local clients, business partners and community members for Rightstart’s Christmas for Teens Program with its Dec. 8 holiday open house at Oxbow Beer Garden. It was Bearfoot’s ninth holiday open house to raise funds for the nonprofit program, achieving an all-time record for annual donations. The […]

NORWAY — Norway Savings Bank has given the Western Foothills Land Trust a $15,000 grant, payable over three years, to help purchase a state-of-the art Pisten Bully snow groomer for the Roberts Farm Preserve. The trust has signed a lease-to-own arrangement with Kassaboher of Auburn. With its tiller capacity and ability to gather snow onto […]

POLAND – Poland Spring and its associates from its bottling facilities in Poland, Hollis and Kingfield made several December donations to help keep Mainers warm and support local families in need. Poland Spring donated thousands of dollars in heating assistance to seven Maine communities, including $10,000 to the town of Fryeburg, $5,000 to the town […]

LEWISTON —  UScellular donated $500 to Kaydenz Kitchen as part of its Locally Grown Joy campaign to help support the organization’s operating costs. The donation was one of more than 70 across the county as part of the campaign. In 2019, UScellular celebrated Kayden Boilard, who founded the nonprofit with her family, as one of […]

AUBURN — Better Homes and Gardens The Masiello Group raised more than $800 in its annual snowsuit drive for the Promise Early Education Center. The funds bought gloves and more than 22 full sets of snowsuits. As the Head Start program for Androscoggin County, Promise provides a safe environment in which children learn and grow. […]

AUBURN — The Bangor Savings Bank Foundation has donated $7,500 to Safe Voices as part of its latest grant cycle. Safe Voices’ mission is to support and empower those affected by domestic violence and engage the community in creating social change in Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties. In these latest grants, the foundation donated $470,000 […]