Midcoast nonprofits the focus of $81K in grants
The Maine Community Foundation announced another round of grants to nonprofits in Maine, this time to 16 groups in the southern Midcoast region.
A total of $81,132 was awarded by the group's Southern Midcoast Committee, through two funds covering Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties, according to a July 12 announcement.
Recipients include the town of Bristol, which will receive $6,400 to build a boardwalk for access to Pemaquid Beach and allow for dune restoration; and the Skidompha Library Association, to digitize the entire historical archive of the Lincoln County News.
Other grant recipients
bGEN, to develop a comprehensive entrepreneurship program in schools in the Boothbay region: $4,000
Boothbay Region Ambulance Service Inc., to improve and replace technology at Boothbay Region Ambulance Service: $5,000
Central Lincoln County YMCA, to support Feeding Our Next Generation - Teen Food Program: $2,250
Chocolate Church Arts Center, to provide child care and arts education to children in a safe environment while their parents attend performances at venue: $3,960
ElderCare Network of Lincoln County, to expand the Successful Aging Pilot Program to all Elder Care Network homes in 2019: $3,000
Hearty Roots, to expand outdoor therapeutic programming to include an after-school mentorship club for children most in need of additional support and skill strengthening: $8,500
Juniper Hill School for Place-Based Education, to create an arts series that highlights the diversity of Maine-based visual and performing artists: $6,000
LincolnHealth Coves Edge, to fund a music therapy program for patients with dementia: $1,800
Midcoast Maine Community Action, to establish the Community Investors Coalition and create a fund for low-income Sagadahoc County residents that will provide services not available through other existing services: $4,750
Morris Farm Trust, to expanding the education program by reconfiguring staffing: $2,856.
Old Bristol Historical Society, to buy video recording equipment and necessary editing software to develop and implement an oral histories project in Bristol: $5,396
Stepping Stone Housing Inc., for the Biscay Road housing project to support affordable housing by enabling water service to the development: $7,400
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, to expand Watershed’s community outreach activities and public events for launching a new year-round gallery and retail space: $8,000
Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum, to build an event for local concerts, historic presentations and related community gatherings: $4,550
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