BANGOR — The Bangor Savings Bank Foundation recently donated to several area nonprofits through two rounds of giving. As part of its 2021 Community Matters More program, which received thousands of votes from the public, it donated $5,000 to Tree Street Youth, $3,000 to Museum L-A, and $1,000 to the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society, all […]

WELLESLEY, Mass. — Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation recently announced that it awarded more than $10.4 million in grants to 796 nonprofit organizations in 300 communities in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire in 2020. The Maine grantees included: • B Street Health Center/St. Mary’s, Lewiston, $233,000 for COVID-19 relief efforts • Good Shepherd Food […]

OXFORD — The Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation is donating personal protective equipment,  including face shields, antibacterial and disinfecting hand wipes and hand sanitizer to school systems in the 142 communities where it has stores. The total retail value is up to $24,000. The foundation’s donation is up to $3.4 million across the Northeast. […]

BANGOR — In celebration of the 40th anniversary of its iconic Christmas Kittens commercial, Bangor Savings Bank has donated $12,000 to 12 animal shelters and rescue organizations across Maine and New Hampshire. Franklin County Animal Shelter and Responsible Pet Care in South Paris both received $1,000. This past holiday season, the bank invited the public […]

LEWISTON — Northeast Bank donated $15,000 to Junior Achievement of Maine to help support its virtual programming throughout the state as well as several key programs. They include the Titan Challenge, an online simulation for high school students to learn how to run a company, and the Maine Business Hall of Fame South, which honors […]

LEWISTON — Lisa Laliberte’s State Farm office, along with a company match, raised $1,000 for the Keep ME Warm fund, a statewide partnership of Maine’s United Ways and Community Action Agencies. Keep ME Warm provides emergency heating assistance and is the only statewide fuel assistance fundraising effort in Maine. Statewide, seven State Farm agents’ donation […]

AUBURN — The DuBois Realty Group of Keller Williams Realty recently donated $2,000 to Wounded Heroes Program of Maine as part of its Give Where You Live program. Wounded Heroes Program of Maine helps wounded veterans attain the benefits and assistance when transitioning to civilian life being injured in service.

OXFORD — The Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation has donated $12,000 worth of face shields, KN95 masks, antibacterial and disinfecting hand wipes and hand sanitizer to the local police and fire departments, part of a $1.7 million personal protective equipment donation nationwide. It’s donating PPE in each of the 142 communities Ocean State Job […]

AUBURN — UScellular donated $25,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine in 2020, part of a $1 million donation to Boys & Girls Clubs across the country to support youth. The company also announced having made $34.5 million in investments to its Maine network last year, including $22.8 million in 5G upgrades […]

AUBURN — The DuBois Realty Group of Keller Williams Realty recently presented the Dempsey Center with a $2,550 donation as part of its Give Where You Live campaign. The Dempsey Center, with locations in South Portland and Lewiston, as well as the virtual Dempsey Connects, helps individuals and families maintain physical and emotional wellness as […]