LEWISTON — Androscoggin Bank’s MainStreet Foundation board of directors recently announced the recipients of its quarterly impact grants for the second quarter of 2017.
A total of $10,600 was awarded to the following three nonprofit organizations:
• Freeport Community Services — $3,000 was awarded to this Freeportbased nonprofit to support their backpack program. The program provides children experiencing food insecurity with food to take home over the weekend, a time when they do not have access to meals at school.
• LearningWorks (Portland) — $5,000 was awarded to this nonprofit to support the LearningWorks Summer Camp and its goal of reducing summer learning loss among low-income students who are not meeting grade-level standards in math and/or reading.
• Susan L. Curtis Charitable Foundation (Portland) — $2,600 was awarded to this organization to support their CollegeJam initiative. CollegeJam provides tools, workshops and information about applying to and attending college to students who face an access barrier to higher education.
“Supporting Maine’s youth is crucial for the future of our state, and we are fortunate to have so many excellent organizations doing this important work. The MainStreet Foundation is pleased to be able to offer assistance to a wide variety of organizations each quarter,” said Steve Closson, chairman of Androscoggin Bank’s MainStreet Foundation.
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