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Loon Echo Land Trust, Bridgton, Maine - To preserve land and
natural resources in the northern Sebago Lake region for recreation,
education, wildlife and plant habitat, watershed and air quality,
sustainable farms and forests for future generations to enjoy
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Laudholm Trust - Laudholm Trust in support of the Wells National
Estuarine Research Reserve
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Literacy Volunteers of Maine - Literacy Volunteers of Maine is
dedicated to providing increased access to literacy services for
Maine adults who wish to acquire or improve their literacy skills
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Day One - Our mission is to dramatically reduce substance abuse
among Maine youth to help them live productive, healthy and
rewarding lives
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Friends of Acadia - Friends of Acadia is a nonprofit membership
organization protecting Acadia National Park through advocacy, trail
and carriage road maintenance, and raising funds for crucial
projects
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Pine Tree Society - Pine Tree Society helps people in Maine with
disabilities lead richer, more socially connected lives. Too often,
people with disabilities feel left out, even isolated. With the help
of Pine Tree Society, they're not alone! We share a spirit of
innovation and desire to discover new ways to break down barriers
that many find insurmountable. It started as a bold new idea in 1936
and it continues every day. Whether it's a child discovering her
first best friend at Pine Tree Camp or an adult finding his voice
with customized assistive technology, Pine Tree Society changes
lives
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Planet Dog Foundation -
to promote and celebrate programs in which dogs serve
and support their best friends
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Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine -
the state's oldest
and largest rape crisis center, was founded in 1973 to support
survivors of sexual assault, their family and friends, and to help
eradicate sexual violence. From these roots, we have grown into a
major crisis intervention and resource center for all of southern
Maine
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Families And Children Together
- was created in 1993 by
a group of foster parents and social workers. Their mission was,
and remains, creating a family-focused agency that encourages and
fosters the development and healing of children facing emotional and
behavioral challenges
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Maine Conservation School - For over 50 years, the Maine
Conservation School's camp and school programs have introduced
children and adults to a unique blend of outdoor fun, environmental
education, and practical outdoor skills. Surrounded by Maine's
sparkling lakes and diverse forest environments, The Maine
Conservation School combines inspired fun and experiential education
with the development of outdoor skills, offering camps and outdoor
based programs for people of all ages and backgrounds. Learning to
take care of our natural world and ourselves when we are in it, is
our most important goal
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Spurwink - A network of professionals providing mental health,
educational, and residential services for children, adolescents, and
adults
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GrowSmart Maine - engaged in smart growth work that promotes
strong, attractive, healthy and affordable communities, towns, and
urban centers in support of a vital economy and the Maine way of
life
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Junior Achievement - JA in-school economic education programs
help Maine kids develop the skills, attitudes and behaviors of
success. JA brings volunteers from the community face to face with
students for the simplest of human interaction - sharing. Serving
as role models and links to the community, classroom volunteers make
economic concepts relevant, raise aspirations, and challenge the
students to excel. JA programs have the potential to make a
powerful difference in the lives of young people. We know that. We
see it, and hear it through the eyes of our volunteers and their
teacher partners, and experience its ourselves when we, too,
volunteer in the classroom
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The Amistad Community - Maine's Leader for Mental Health Peer
Services - A non-profit corporation started in 1982 which provides
progressive and consumer directed services based on a belief in the
potential of individuals with serious life challenges to live full,
rich and productive lives
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Wayside Soup Kitchen - The Mission of Wayside is to increase
access to food for those in need in Southern Maine by providing a
system for community based volunteers who serve prepared meals where
such meals are needed, and by collaborating with other hunger
agencies in developing an efficient network for the collection and
equitable distribution of food. Wayside shall be guided in this
mission by a deep compassion for our common humanity
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Portland Stage Co. - Portland Stage Company, Maine’s largest
fully professional, non-profit theater, is committed to providing
the finest productions for audiences in a broad region of Northern
New England
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Maine Audubon - Conserving Wildlife and Habitat Through
Education and Action
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Hardy Girls Healthy Women - dedicated to creating strong and
healthy girls by developing safe places to explore life and push the
limits
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Maine League of Conservation Voters - an independent,
non-partisan organization that works to make natural resources
protection a political priority for Maine voters, candidates and
elected officials. The League coordinates advocacy of the Maine
conservation and environmental community, publishes the
Environmental Scorecard and endorses strong environmental candidates
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