WATERVILLE — The Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers’ leadership team recently presented the agency’s awards at its annual celebration. Each year, the awards recognize an employee and volunteer of the year, and community partners that support the nonprofit in a variety of ways.

More than 120 board members, staff, donors, Friends of the Maine Children’s Home, and local business leaders assembled at the Waterville Elks Lodge to participate in the celebration and kick off the annual campaign.

The Employee of the Year award was presented to Lindsay Bragdon, LSW, adoption counselor and case- worker at the Maine Children’s Home, for her professional approach to the families she serves, and commitment to the agency’s Hague-accredited adoption program and to educating the community about the services available.

Members of the Maine Children’s Home’s volunteer organization, referred to as the Friends of the Maine Children’s Home, were presented with the Volunteer of the Year award for their generosity, willingness to help, and hard work in organizing successful fundraisers like the summer yard sale and the lobster roll lunch that support the summer camp scholarship program and the Christmas program.

Service awards were presented to Inland Hospital for its continued support of the home through the hospital’s Community Benefits grants; Atkins Printing Services, for their donated printing services and their financial contributions; and to Nancy Marshall Communications for the agency’s PR, marketing and web services which resulted in more than 150 new online donors in 2015.

To learn more about the Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers, visit mainechildrenshome.org.