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NEWSLETTER
January 2022
EVENTS | UPDATES | IMPACT
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CHANGE BRINGS OPPORTUNITY |
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United Way Funds Good Work of Area Organizations Through the Very Basics Fund |
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Five local organizations received support recently to help address basic needs ranging from feeding people, to helping with car repairs. Applications from non-profits will be accepted again this spring with a deadline of April 30th. The following received grants:
- Healthy Community Coalition (Personal care items; weatherization items; and other basic needs to be distributed through their Essential Needs program.)
- Wilton Library (Take home story time packets for children with transportation or COVID-related barriers to accessing the library.)
- Western Maine Community Action (Transportation related funding including car repair, registration and inspection expenses, or funding to use public transportation.)
- Community Concepts (Mileage reimbursement for distribution of food and supplies to Head Start families in Greater Franklin County.)
- Stratton-Eustis Lion’s Club (Food for Snack Pack program that feeds 15 kids over weekends and during the summer.)
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Community Impact Award Nominations Sought
Celebrate an Unsung Hero!
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UWTVA strives to unite people and resources to improve lives and build a strong and healthy community. Through direct funding and volunteer engagement, the United Way makes a difference every day. It is important for us to recognize those who have gone above and beyond to impact our community. We invite nominations of an individual, couple, business, or organization that has made a significant impact in our community in the past year. Visit www.uwtva.org for the downloadable application.
Here is a little more about eligibility: Nominees strive to improve the lives of Greater Franklin County residents. (This includes businesses, organizations, or individuals or couples that serve or reside in Franklin County, Livermore, or Livermore Falls.) They consistently go above and beyond to make a difference volunteering in our community and through their signature efforts they stand out. It is on the shoulders of these giants of community service that we stand to reach our goals. Past recipients include, but are not limited to: Rev. Susan Crane, Ecumenical Heating Fund; Crystal Cook of the United Methodist Economic Ministry; Peter Judkins, Franklin Savings Bank; Barclays Employees; Erica Emery, Rustic Roots Farm; Western Maine Homeless Outreach; Judy Frost, WMCA; Dennis O’Neil; Flo and John Caldwell, Stratton/Eustis Food Pantry
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The Child Care Business Lab is Now Open
Quality childcare is much needed in our region. Have you ever wanted to start a child care business? Do you have a passion for children and want to learn more about the business details of running a child care? Would you like to be coached through the licensing process? The CEI Child Care Business Lab helps people start new, quality, profitable child care businesses here in Maine.
They are now accepting applications for the next group starting in March for people living in Aroostook, Franklin, Hancock, Oxford, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, and Washington counties. Learn more at www.ceimaine.org/childcare/
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Tax Prep at United Way
United Way is gearing up with Western Maine CA$H to prepare taxes again this year with a strong corps of IRS-certified volunteers. Tax prep services are free to households that make less than $57,000/year.
Call 211 to schedule your appointment with us today!
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United Way Welcomes Justus Hillebrand as Food Hub Coordinator |
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United Way recently received a three-year grant from the Betterment Fund to research food insecurity in Greater Franklin County and implement ways to best meet people’s needs based on the data collected. We are excited that Justus Hillebrand will be leading this effort in a part-time role.
Justus has spent more than a decade researching Maine's past. Now, he is excited to expand his focus on the present to help understand and improve the community he calls home.
Justus received his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Cologne, Germany, and his doctorate in History from the University of Maine. After moving back and forth between his native Germany and Farmington since 2011, he and his family settled in Farmington in 2020. Apart from his work with United Way, he is founder and director of Digital History Consulting, Inc. and a member of the Greater Franklin County Food Council steering committee.
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United Way is Excited to Welcome Abigail Moreau from UMF |
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Abby will be interning with United Way this semester to fulfil her community health degree requirements. She is a senior at the University of Maine at Farmington and in her last semester pursuing a double major bachelor’s degree in Biology Pre-Med and Community Health. She keeps busy with school and is also currently working as a pharmacy technician.
In her free time, she enjoys exploring new hiking trails in the surrounding areas and spending time at the Sandy River. Abby is interested in how this internship will provide her with the opportunity to learn first-hand how non-profit organizations run, and shares,
“I am also excited to gain a better understanding on how to find and connect individuals with the resources they need.”
Abby’s future plans include work in emergency medicine, and she hopes to use the knowledge gained from the community health field to develop long lasting success plans for the people she works with. “I am looking forward to all of the opportunities that United Way has to offer and am very thankful for this opportunity!”
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Make a Difference.
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