BATH — Maine Maritime Museum will be the site of the kick-off for United Way of Mid Coast Maine’s 2012 Campaign.

All interested members of the public are invited to attend on Thursday, Sept. 6, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. The theme this year asks, “What do you see when you look around your community,” and celebrates all that so many businesses and individuals do to make the community a better place when they give, advocate and volunteer.

There will be refreshments, music, announcement of the goal, and informal remarks by community volunteers. Thanks will also be given to a number of area workplaces that are marking the kick-off by holding food drives for local food pantries.

In a news release, Mike Field, chief of police in Bath and chairman of the United Way campaign said, “Working closely with so many different parts of our community, I see first-hand the importance of United Way’s work to improve lives that otherwise would suffer greatly without your help.”

Field and his family live in Woolwich. In addition to chairing this year’s campaign, he is also chair of United Way’s Safe and Healthy Community Council, a leader of the Sagadahoc and Eastern Cumberland County Working Group on Family Violence, and has been a key participant in United Way’s Mental Health Initiative.

For more information or to RSVP for the kick-off event, call 443-9752 or e-mail info@uwmcm.org.