PORTLAND

Awards honor 6 volunteers for exceptional service

WCSH 6 honored outstanding Maine volunteers at its 16th annual 6 Who Care Awards ceremony at the Portland Museum of Art.

The awards were presented to Shirley Davis, Rick Drouin, Marilyn Goodreau, John Holland and Deborah Shangraw.

Davis was honored for her nearly 1,000 hours of volunteer work at the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital and at Camp Sunshine.

Drouin has led a variety of fundraisers that raise more than $100,000 a year for the Maine Children’s Cancer Program at the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital in Portland.

Goodreau was recognized for the more than 90,000 hours she has volunteered at the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals.

Holland is a longtime volunteer with the Center for Grieving Children, where his technological contributions have translated to a roughly $50,000 gift, and is a Medicare volunteer coordinator with Southern Maine Agency on Aging, where he works with elderly clients and their caregivers.

Shangraw was honored for her work as an advisory council member at My Place Teen Center in Westbrook and for her 21-year role with the Real Estate Managers Association Toys for Tots Drive, as well as other community services.

Sherry Cobb received the Mary Rines Thompson Award for her grant-writing, organizational and outreach work on behalf of the Knox County Area Interfaith Outreach Food Pantry.

Also honored was Trekkers, an outdoor-based mentoring program for Knox County students.

BATH

Pine Tree chooses artwork for holiday card fundraiser

Paintings by Bath artist Sandy Crabtree and East Boothbay artist Carlton Plummer will be featured on the Pine Tree Society’s 2015 holiday cards.

Since 1969, the holiday cards have been a major source of revenue that supports professional services benefiting Maine people with disabilities.

Each scene comes in a box of 25 cards, with prices ranging from $18 to $23. There also is a $6 shipping and handling fee for all mail orders.

To order a box of the cards, go to pinetreesociety.org/holiday_cards.asp or call 443-3341. Cards may also be purchased at Pine Tree Society’s office at 149 Front St., Bath.

BRUNSWICK

Midcoast walk raises $41,000 for Alzheimer’s support

Nearly 300 people joined the Midcoast Area Walk to End Alzheimer’s recently, raising more than $41,000 to fund Alzheimer’s care, support and research programs.

The event also served to educate about Alzheimer’s disease, the latest research and current clinical trials, advocacy efforts and related support programs and services.

The event also included a tribute ceremony honoring those affected by Alzheimer’s. For more details, go to alz.org or call 800-272-3900.

KENNEBUNK

Golf tournament benefits hunger and fuel programs

The fourth annual Webhannet Charity Classic Golf tournament raised more than $31,000 to benefit York County charities.

York County Food Rescue, which provides food to 45 pantries and meal programs, will use its $8,000 donation to provide holiday turkey dinners to local families in need.

Community Outreach Services also will receive $8,000 to be divided between the Food 4 Thought program to provide weekend meals for needy students, and the fuel assistance program for residents of Arundel, Kennebunk and Kennebunkport.

Brick Store Museum wins grant to digitize photos

The Brick Store Museum has received a $24,940 Museums for America federal grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to fund the digitization of its archival collection of photographs chronicling the history of the Kennebunks and York County.

More than 5,000 photographs, glass plate negatives, daguerrotypes, stereographs and newspapers on microfilm will be digitized as part of the project. The museum hopes to make them available to the public online in the coming years.

The IMLS is the primary source of federal support for the nation’s 123,000 libraries and 35,000 museums. To learn more, visit imls.gov.

SANFORD

Waban honors employees at lakeside family day

Waban wrapped up its summer season with an appreciation barbecue, honoring staffers who serve children and adults with intellectual, developmental and other disabilities.

The event for employees and their families featured swimming, boating and live music.

Sheila Underwood, who has worked at Waban for 35 years, was honored at the event.

Waban has grown from 24 volunteers at a summer camp in 1966 to a workforce of 460, staffing 25 residential group homes, Life Works & Co. day habilitation, Fraser-Ford Child Development Center and other programs.

To learn more, go to waban.org.