Legacy Properties has a record year of giving

Courtesy / Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty Brunswick-based agent Kristie Jorgensen, left, delivered a donation check to Tedford Housing, an emergency homeless shelter, providing supportive housing for previously homeless families and individuals as well as homeless prevention services.

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By Laurie Schreiber

Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty said it had a record year of charitable giving, which includes its agent-led Legacy’s Legacy: Giving Back to Maine program.

The program has committed to donating more than $75,000 to over 75 nationwide, statewide and local organizations

“Continuing our longstanding tradition of giving back to our communities, we are pleased to announce another year of remarkable growth in our charitable giving program,” said Chris Lynch, the company’s president.

Legacy’s 'Legacy' organizations

AIO Rockland Food Pantry
American Cancer Society of Maine
Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Boothbay Region Land Trust
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine
Breakwater School
Bremen Library
Camp Beech Cliff
Cape Elizabeth Education Foundation
Center for Grieving Children
Central Lincoln County YMCA
Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine
Coastal Kids Preschool
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust
Community Harvest
Downeast Rowing Club
Falmouth Memorial Library Association
Finally Home
Freeport Speech
Georges River Land Trust
Good Shepard Food Bank
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland
Harbor Theater
Healthy Island Project
Island Connections
Island Workforce Housing
Josephine and John Marr Alzheimer's Research Fund
Knox County Homeless Coalition
Lincoln Theatre
Maine Adaptive Sports & Recreation
Maine Cancer Foundation's Tri For a Cure
Maine Community Foundation’s Lewiston-Auburn Area Response Fund
Maine Farmland Trust
Maine Medical Center
MDI Backpack Program
Midcoast Habitat for Humanity
Midcoast Humane - Brunswick
Midcoast Humane - Edgecomb
Midcoast Maine Community Action
Midcoast Senior College
Mount Desert Nursery School
Mount Desert Nursing Association
Midcoast Youth Center
National Alliance for Mental Illness Maine
New Hope Midcoast
NextStep Domestic Violence Project
Olympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute
Open Table MDI
P.A.W.S. Animal Adoption Center
Partners for World Health
People Plus
Portland Community Squash
Ripple Effect
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maine
Seeds of Hope
Semper Fi & America's Fund
Sugarloaf Charity Summit Supporting Maine Cancer Foundation, the Dempsey Center, and the Martha B. Webber Breast Care Center
Sweetser
Tedford Housing
Telling Room
The Peace Gallery
Tree of Life Blue Hill
United Midcoast Charities
United Recovery Fund
Waldo Theatre
Westside Food Pantry
Wolfe's Neck Center
Woodfords Family Services
Yarmouth Education Foundation
Yarmouth Farmers Market Food Voucher Program
Yellow Tulip Project
York County Shelter Programs

Participating agents contribute a portion of their commissions to the program, and many visit the organizations and deliver the donations.

"Our agents play a significant role in choosing the deserving nonprofits, and because we serve several regions across the state, our donations make a meaningful impact on many causes throughout Maine," said Andy Lynch, Legacy’s CFO.