BIDDEFORD

Education Foundation raises $15,195 and honors 2

A Biddeford Education Foundation inaugural Pillars of Pride dinner and silent auction event held last month raised $15,195 for the foundation’s education initiatives, while honoring longtime community partners for their contributions.

Roland Eon and Jim Godbout were honored for their support of education. Superintendent Jeremy Ray called the two “game changers in making the community a better place to live and work.” Eon and Godbout were presented with silver brass plaques that will be placed in the Biddeford Regional Center of Technology building.

The funds raised will provide resources outside the normal school budget to augment teaching, encourage academic excellence and maximize opportunities for kindergarten through grade 12 students.

PORTLAND

Camden National Bank honors 6 nonprofits

Camden National Bank recently recognized six nonprofit leaders for their contribution at a 2016 Leaders & Luminaries event, held during the Maine Association of Nonprofits Governance and Leadership Forum at the Harraseeket Inn in Freeport.

Bank leaders joined representatives from Maine’s nonprofit community to award a total of $22,000 in grants to local board members and celebrate their impact and dedication in helping their organizations achieve their goals.

Four Leaders & Luminaries winners were Richard Corbin, M.D., of Oasis Free Clinics in Brunswick; Sharon Goguen, M.Ed., of Broadreach Family and Community Services in Belfast; Elizabeth McLellan, R.N., of Partners for World Health in South Portland; and Allan Teel, M.D., of ElderCare Network of Lincoln County in Damariscotta. Each received $5,000 for their nonprofits.

Two Emerging Board Leaders awards were presented to Annemarie Albiston of Aphasia Center of Maine in Carrabassett Valley and Katie Wallace of The Locker Project in Portland. Each received $1,000 for their organizations.

Coffee By Design awards $5,700 to 3 arts groups

Coffee By Design held its annual Rebel Blend Fund Awards recently, providing grants to three Maine nonprofit organizations. Presented annually, the fund has been awarding arts grants in Maine for 19 years.

This year’s total fund of $5,700 was distributed to 240 Strings, LumenARRT! and New Fruit.

The fund is supported through the purchase of the company’s Rebel Blend coffee. $1 from each pound sold or brewed in CBD coffeehouses is contributed to the fund and the total amount from yearly sales is awarded to the winners.

Since its start, over $75,000 has been awarded through the Rebel Blend Fund Grant.

WELLS

Wells High’s Patnaude, Michaud win national award

Wells High School seniors Richard Patnaude and Issac J. Michaud are the recipients of the 2016 National School Development Council Award for Academic Growth and Student Leadership in Learning.

Eileen Sheehy, the school’s principal, and Josh Gould, assistant principal, lauded Patnaude and Michaud for their many examples as a positive influence within the school community.

GRAY-New Gloucester

Patriots soccer teams give $1,175 to Cancer Society

The Gray-New Gloucester Patriots soccer teams donated $1,175 for the American Cancer Society in Maine from funds raised in September and October through a variety of events.

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