SKOWHEGAN — The Hight Family of Dealerships donated nearly $3,000 to sponsor its second annual First Responder Barbecue, serving 330. The event was adapted due to COVID-19. Hight staff delivered barbecue-to-go coolers to 19 agencies in Somerset and Franklin counties throughout the week of Oct. 12-17. Helping in the effort were George’s Market, the Bankery […]

AUBURN — Androscoggin Bank recently donated $5,000 to the Community Little Theatre to become a member of the Golden Mask Society. The theater’s goal as a volunteer-driven, nonprofit organization is to provide affordable, professional quality entertainment while still contributing to the education, training and experience of those wishing to pursue activities in live theater.  

LEWISTON — Maine Standard, a Portland company that collects and refines cooking oil waste from around New England, sponsored its first bike drive for the children of Hillview Apartments. Owner and President Jarmin Kaltsas and Jason Versey, director of fuel sales and acquisitions and himself a childhood resident of Hillview, donated eight refurbished bikes valued […]

LEWISTON — Trinity Jubilee Center has been awarded a $2,000 grant from International Paper’s Auburn plant and the International Paper Foundation. Funds will support the Center’s Feeding L-A Project, including the soup kitchen and food pantry. The center’s soup kitchen is serving over 4,000 lunches each month to the hungry and homeless. The food pantry […]

LEWISTON — Spurwink has been awarded a $2,000 grant from International Paper’s Auburn plant and the International Paper Foundation. Funds will support the expansion of therapeutic gardening on Spurwink’s Lewiston day treatment campus. Therapeutic gardening helps students develop social, practical and vocational skills, and helps build community. Students with developmental disabilities and behavioral health challenges […]

NORWAY — Norway Savings Bank has donated $1,700 to the Maine Country Music Museum and Hall of Fame in Mechanic Falls for its mission to share the history and heritage of country music with Mainers. Founded in 1978, it houses memorabilia of more than 140 artists, performers, producers, promoters and others tied to the Maine […]

WESTBROOK — Maine Credit Union League’s Campaign for Ending Hunger has donated $48,688 to Good Shepherd Food Bank’s COVID-19 response. The money was raised in June as part of the Campaign for Ending Hunger $100,000 Challenge, a monthlong initiative that raised $230,000. As part of the challenge, 75% of the funds raised online by Maine […]

LEWISTON — Central Maine Credit Union donated $2,500 to Meals on Wheels, a program of SeniorsPlus, on National Senior Day, Aug. 21. SeniorsPlus is a nonprofit corporation that relies mostly on volunteers to deliver meals to homebound seniors throughout Lewiston, Auburn, Lisbon, Sabattus, Greene and Livermore Falls. Central Maine Credit Union raised the funds for […]