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No child should have to grieve alone. Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Portland, ME Permit No. 467 from the heart

555 Forest Ave., Portland, ME 04101 NEWS FROM THE CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN Our 2015 Report to the Community

Your gifts to the Center keep our services free for families. Please make the maximum gift you can this year, for any child or family who needs the Center.

Mail: P.O. Box 1438, Portland, ME 04104 Online: cgcmaine.org/donate By phone: 207.775.5216 You help children and families recover hope when they need it most.

By supporting the Center, you • Youth at the Center report a decrease • make an impact. You give grieving in feelings of loneliness and isolation. the Center is meeting their families’ children, teens, and families a safe grief-supportEighty-five percent needs. of parents tell us space to grieve. You make sure • Youth experience positive behavioral

changes, such as better eating, sleeping, • Ninety percent of youth and adults they feel better. concentration, and motivation. say they feel comfortable at the Center and have positive relationships with

their facilitators.

Coming Up! 2015-16 Hoops for Hope, presented by General FundRacing in the 2016 TD Beach to Beacon 10K, “ Dynamics-Bath Iron Works Saturday, August 6, 2016 Sign up with the Maine Red Claws for visibility and Let us know by March that you want to run and raise a minimum of $500 for us. It’s easier than you #hoopsforhope #cgcfundracer season tickets that benefit the Center! Love Really Counts: Our Annual Auction and mightCommunity think! Conversations Dinner Gala, Friday, February 26, 2016 Join a discussion with community members who experienced loss and change when they left war- a ticket. #lovegala torn homelands and resettled locally in Maine. What a relief to find such kindness A sell-out event! Sponsor, donate, volunteer, or buy To be held in spring 2016. Swing “Fore” the Center: Paul Gray Memorial Golf and compassion at the Center. Tournament, Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Join leading Maine businesses sponsoring and MoreMore infoinfo isis available!available playing in this unique tournament. #paulgraygolf by callingCall the the Center Center at 207.775.5216 at 207.775.5216 or Email:emailing [email protected] [email protected] WHEN THERE IS SADNESS, FEAR, AND LONELINESS, or Check:checking cgcmaine.org cgcmaine.org “ YOU BRING LOVE.

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About the Center for Grieving Children welcoming My boss sent me! For children and families confronting loss, change, The Heart of the Center and grief when someone close to them dies or is They cleaned, gardened, painted, seriously ill, the Center for Grieving Children is Last year, volunteers gave the Center more than 24,000 hours of their time. moved furniture, sorted supplies, an oasis of loving support. Free for families, and facilitated by trained volunteers, the Center’s age- • More than one hundred of them volunteered weekly to facilitate peer grief- Energetic employee volunteer support groups. Facilitators receive thirty hours of initial training and groupsdonated made items, great and thingsmore! happen and York counties. Center training, information, and ongoing in-service training. crisisspecific response peer support is available groups to meet schools, in Cumberland workplaces, throughout the year at our service sites in Sanford and Portland. They and other organizations. Founded in 1987, the • had fun, too, as they got to know Center today reaches more than 4,000 people and employee volunteer groups gardened, painted, cleaned, and more. the Center’s work and one another. annually, and depends on funding from individuals, Volunteers made our events successful. And at the Center, office vounteers businesses, foundations, and United Way. • Plus, we can’t thank enough the volunteers who served on our Board of Directors, Advisory Council, and Intercultural Advisory Council. Staff Advisory Council It’s what you do. Anne Lynch Dr. Christine Bennett, M.D. executive director Gail Cinelli Sara Asch Kathy Crispin Our 2015 Report to the Community shows what the Center accomplished Sue Calhoun Joe Delois Anne Fisher Michael Dubyak Susan Giambalvo Shawna Ohm Valerie Jones Gary Robinson Sandy Lovell Abdimajid Sharif duringThe Center’s the year. success But who is because really gotof you—the it done? You! donors, volunteers, and Lisa Morin Andy Stickney business sponsors at the heart of our free service to families and our work Will Stiles Erica Swan Jacob Watson throughout the community. ElyseMarie C. Sheffield Tipton 2015 United Way Day of Caring Janice Zurlo Sorcha Cribben Merrill Peter Prinz We proudly provide high-quality grief-support programs, gardened and cleaned. facilitator facilitator Board of Directors with demonstrated outcomes, for children and their families. Amanda V. Rand, Esq., Gretchen A. Johnson “Everyone’s voice is “There is no greater satisfaction than president: Spinnaker Trust Verrill Dana LLP heard here. And each one to watch the darkness leave someone’s Kimberly Simard, We support the southern Maine community—in schools, workplaces, and Tracy Keegan is strengthened by trust.” eyes and see them begin to shine again. vice president: L.L.Bean Unum agencies—through crisis response and loss- and grief-related information That is the power of working together, Mike Lane, treasurer: Mary Larkin IDEXX Laboratories and training. to help each other heal.” Joy Symon Fall, secretary: Paul Letalien Kennebunk Savings BakerDiversified Newman Communications Noyes We’re discovering new opportunities to support the loss and grief needs Amy Booth John Mosley CBRE|Boulos Property Mgmt Mosley Financial Group of elementary, middle, and high school students resettled locally from Gail Bruzgo Erin Ovalle war-torn countries. Omi’s Coffee and WMTW News 8 Bruzgo & Kremer LLC IDEXX cleaned rooms and Mark Pettingill Ron Cain Patrons Oxford Insurance donated items. Legacy Holding Co. And we’re working to increase awareness, use, and volunteerism that Patricia Rosi Santucci Doug Carr Wellness Connection of Maine will expand our work within York County, where we have offered on-site Carr Consulting Melissa Smith service for four years. Christopher Cimino WEX Inc. C.M. Cimino Inc. Edward Tumavicus, M.D. Julie Grosvenor, M.D. Maine Medical Center Family As it has from its founding days nearly thirty years ago, the Center relies Southern Maine Health Care Medicine Residency Program on people like you who believe no child should have to grieve alone. Peter F. Herzog Adam Walker Sanaa Abduljabbar Tricia Jamiol Ed Szalajeski Bernstein Shur Conroy-Tully Crawford Intercultural Advisory facilitator facilitator Katherine Hogan Funeral Homes Legacy Properties On behalf of those children, their families, and our shared community, Council member Sotheby’s International Realty Bill Hemmens “Where else can you sit in a room “My family is passionate (1945-98), founder thank you. Kevin M. Hunt “The Center made obvious changes with twenty people and get to about helping others on R.M. Davis in my son’s life. So I made my know them through their hearts?” their journey at the Center, decision to become part of the where we have received so Diversified Communications organized our supplies. CGCMAINE.ORG I 207.775.5216 family who can create smiles in much support.” Home: 555 Forest Ave., Portland, ME 04101 Please call to arrange a tour of the other children’s lives.” York County Site: 893 Main Street, Sanford, ME 04073 Center for your group, or a Center presentation at your workplace. share • follow • tweet Connect with the Center on these social networks Would you like to become involved with the Center? Learn more about volunteer roles and training Cover: Anne Lynch Children’s Awareness Day, the third Thursday of November. Executive Director at our monthly orientations in Portland and Sanford. Call 207.775.5216 or email [email protected]. 4 The “Hope Butterfly” symbolizes National Grieving 1 WELCOME OUR VOLUNTEERS

Bereavement Peer Support is the core of the Center’s work Training and Crisis Response in the Community brings In Portland and Sanford last year, this providing peer grief-support groups for children and teens and • schools, workplaces, local agencies, and other organizations program served 209 children and teens, and their adult family members. We also offer these groups for young information and support to help grieving children and adults in 153 adults. New this year was a time-limited adults, bereaved parents, and young widows/widowers/partners. their communities. young adult group in Sanford. • Several training sessions for a student travel organization • Throughout the year—in all Center focused on intercultural awareness related to grief, and programs—we continued to implement the protocols for responding to student deaths. program evaluation survey created to guide program development by helping participants • Crisis response to schools included support when a student, teacher, or other school-community member died, journey. sometimes through violence or suicide. reflect on personal changes along their grief • In the spring, a newly introduced “family • One example of presentations requested last year is a night” with food and art-making gave Center keynote on children’s grief for 100 volunteers at the participants a different and well-received way New Hampshire Hospice Volunteers Education Day. to support one another.

“It was extremely hard to see five-year-old students “My preschool daughters and “At the Center, I could allow “When my sister died suddenly, grieving for their classmate, who died from a I came to the Center about six myself to feel grief for me, and for two phone calls with the Center terminal illness. The Center helped our teachers, weeks after my wife died. We kept my child, whose father was gone. helped me and my mom work out administrators, and the students’ parents learn how coming, and it saved my life.” We were in a place where we felt what my niece and nephew needed to support them. Every single thing the Center told The Multicultural Program works with local schools to understood, loved, and cared for. soonest. It was such a rough time, us about behaviors and emotions we might see from –Ed, who received Center services in Portland serve children resettled in Maine from war-torn countries. It was OK not to be strong, and to and money was also a big concern. these young children turned out to be true and made Intercultural Advisory Council members help the Center be angry, frightened, sad, or just I will be forever grateful.” it so much less bewildering for staff and parents to offer services that are inclusive, community-based, and not feel at all.” know how to support the children. Today, nearly three –Teresa, who called from Biddeford culturally relevant. years later, we see that this group of children is more –Cathy, who received Center services in Sanford advanced than even older students in their empathy • and compassion for others.” elementary, middle, and high school students from Portland –Ryan Quinn, principal of Kennebunk Elementary School PublicDuring schools, the school and year, held the two program summer served sessions. fifty-three Tender Living Care • The University of Southern Maine and Portland Public Library displayed artwork created collaboratively by students in the program and USM artist-in-residence Traci Molloy. Tender Living Care serves families living with the “I called the Center, in tears, worrying about my kids, when my mom changes and losses that a family member’s serious and I were diagnosed with breast cancer, and my husband had a • A standing-room-only Community Conversation gave illness creates. It is available to support families as potentially cancerous tumor. In the TLC program, we have felt so Intercultural Advisory Council members a forum to share soon as a diagnosis is made. incredibly supported. My children love it because they can express stories of loss, grief, change, challenge, and resilience their feelings and know they are not the only kids going through experienced by those whose collective losses include loved • The Center’s work building awareness of our something this hard. The commitment of Center volunteers is ones and homelands. “TLC” program increased to sixty the number of overwhelming. I have never known a resource like this.” people served. Naomi moved to the United States at age nine, –Tracy, whose family receives service in Portland fleeing violence in South Sudan, where she had • System changes made it possible for more twice been shot. At the Center, she opened up about families to immediately begin attending. feeling isolated due to her loss and trauma and the differences from others she feels because of skin • Service to TLC families included support by color and a gunshot wound to her face. Program conference call and at hospital and hospice sites. peers helped her build confidence to speak up more with family and friends and feel empowered. Last year, she said, “I’m different—and loving it!” 2 3 OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES loving Bereavement Peer Support Multicultural Program Community Outreach

Published A Guide for Parents and A Guide for Schools, booklets with strategies for supporting grieving #LOVEGALA connectingSea Dogs Summer Markathon 2014 The B2B children and teens. Contact the Center to receive them. Volunteers + community + love added up to a record-breaking $200,000 It became a two-year-old tradition in the It’s the gift that keeps on fundraised in February by Love Really Counts: Our 2015 Auction and summer of 2015: Center Day at the Sea DJ seat, the seventh annual 93.4

SUPPORTING STUDENTS THROUGH LOSS ANDAND GRIEFGRIEF SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND TEENS THROUGH LOSS AND GRIEF A Guide for Schools A Guide for Parents Dinner Gala. As Love Sponsor, IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. continued top-level Dogs, sponsored by MaineHealth. A great WCYYIt rocked! Markathon With Mark broke Curdo $50,000. in the of the TD Beach to Beacon

” ” “Planning ahead, we made our classrooms safe spaces for grieving.” “It was such a tough time, but, by talking about it, we got through it.” support. WCSH6 News Anchor Cindy Williams spotlighted our peer-group day at the ball park for current and alumni 10Kgiving., the As Center a former is entitled beneficiary Center families, volunteer, and staff. on-air songs of callers’ choosing to purchase 25 race bibs for GALA.” The silent auction and the live auction led by Tom Saturley of Tranzon The five-day radio week played entrants. We ask that each Auctionsfacilitators. featured Portland’s once-in-a-lifetime landmark Time experiences. & Temperature On an clock evening flashed made “LOVE magic donations to the Center. Joining runner raise a minimum of by Transformit lighting, circus performers, marimba music, food, and drink, our Markin exchange in the studiofor their were financial Center $500 for the Center. In 2014, guests also were treated to a delicious dessert: best-selling author Monica Wood families and volunteers, plus Center Center “FundRacers” delivered warmly sharing poignant experiences about the universality of loss. It was an friends, including basketball Hall $19,000, and in 2015, more unforgettable evening. of Famer Dave Cowens, wicked than $20,000. funny comedian Bob Marley, King of Maine rapper Spose, and local Delivered webinars for and participated music artists. in the annual symposium of the National Alliance of Grieving Children.

Trained six interns from colleges throughout New England who served Dad Kristopher and son Jake Fish. as facilitators and learned about Jake got to throw out the first pitch! working in a nonprofit organization. Added to our Web site: teen-made video clips that introduce teens to the Center, and an online catalog of books and videos we make available to the public. Kelly and Dave Shutoff, FundRacers John Reed Photography Increased our volunteer facilitators’ Top left: Patricia Rosi Santucci, Katie Hogan, Lianna Doane, Kimberly Simard, Gail Bruzgo; Bottom left: Monica Wood and husband Dan Abbott; Bottom middle: Ron and Terry Cain; skills through in-service trainings Far right: Doug Carr and Bill Caron Community Events about grieving families’ challenges and grief topics including suicide. Our thanks to the many community members who organized events

Welcomed donations to help volunteers Not only did they raise funds to create a winter holiday toy shop for helplast year the Center to benefit keep the our Center. services Center families. Said one grateful mom, free for families, they also spread “It was so lovely, I burst into tears of relief.” awareness of our work. Among local events last year, three raised from $2,500-$6,500 each: the Unum- employee-led Annual Legends Drew attention to national Children’s Memorial Classic, the Maine Dart Grief Awareness Day, the third Thursday Above: Anne Wells, Kevin Montminy, Beth DeTine, Jane Petersen; Top right: Peter Carign, Vaughn Clark, Mike Frasier, and Rob Lally; Bottom right: Andy Dixon, Matt Theodores, Henry Bliss, Steve Hart Association’s Port City Open, and in November, though social media, Chris Cimino, John Mosley, Paul Letalien, Melissa Smith, Kimberly Simard, Quincy Hentzel, the Real Deal 5K. an op-ed in the Portland Press Herald, Erin Ovalle (sitting), Sarah Mosley, Lianna Doane, Nancy Thompson (sitting), Gail Bruzgo, Swing “Fore” the Center a customized video thanking Center Amanda Rand, Peter Herzog, Gretchen Johnson, Ed Tumavicus donors and volunteers, and outreach Our Paul Gray Memorial Swing “Fore” the Center has become a wonderful fall event. within local workplaces. Holiday Generosity We are especially grateful for the support and leadership of our Title sponsors, MaineHealth and the Thomas Agency, and the generosity of spirit shared by Paul Gray’s family and friends. With additional sponsors and golfers, and hosted by the Purpoodock Club in Cape Elizabeth, the tournament set a fundraising record in 2014 of $65,000 and another one, in For the second consecutive year, the Portland-based office of Eimskip USA made Making the evening festive and successful was a crowd of 200 guests from local 2015, of $73,000. businessesthe Center beneficiary and organizations, of its holiday including charitable Center party, board donating members $40,000 and friends to our (above). work. 5 • highlights • OUT AND ABOUT

$35,000 + Systems Engineering $250-$499 A Year of Big Data supportPlaces We’ve Been The Masonic Charitable Foundation Bank of America United Way Campaign The Miley Foundation We thank many leading New York Life Insurance Be the Katalyst Sample of community outreach including crisis Town & Country Federal Credit Union Beaudoin-Morell Fund businesses for their strong Triton Foundation response, training, and education Bigelow Investment Advisors $25,000-$30,000 Truist support of the Center. Blue Knights International Verrill Dana LLP Augusta: Maine School Portland Public Library, Maine Eastpoint Christian Church J. B. Brown & Sons Wellness Connection of Maine Management Association Medical Center, Multicultural Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare C. M. Cimino Realty, Inc. and Multilingual Center of Craft Beer Cellar The Berwicks: Berwick Portland Public Schools, Reiche IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. $1,000-$1,499 CSA Enterprises, LLC 24 Academy, Hussey Seating, MSAD Elementary School, Riverton Deep Blue Truth Allagash Brewing Company, Inc. thousand 200 905 60, Noble High School Park, STRIVE, TIP - Trauma $10,000-$20,000 Apple Lane Foundation Digiorgio Associates, Inc. Intervention Program, University “We are proud to support the Center Clynk Community Cash Elsmere BBQ & Wood Grill + Biddeford: Biddeford Middle of Southern Maine Pierce Atwood + and its mission to provide a safe, Fox Property Maintenance, Inc. School, Maine Behavioral Sam L. Cohen Foundation Dawson Smith Purvis & Bassett, P.A. Hurley Travel Experts Healthcare, St. James Saco: Key Bank, Peoples Choice loving environment for children FalmouthCreative Office High PavilionSchool JAB Food Services, Inc. Elementary School Credit Union, Southern Maine and families to express themselves General Dynamics, Bath Iron Works General Dynamics Abraham S. & Fannie B. Levey Foundation Hours given Volunteers available as Phone callers who received Health Care during their grieving processes. It’s The William J.J. Gordon Family Holy Spirit Sodality Lila East End Yoga immediate grief support, plus Brunswick: Maine General Health by volunteers weekly peer-group facilitators Bowdoin College Maine Community Foundation information and referrals Sanford: Sanford High School, gratifying to provide grants to local Foundation MassMutual Matching Gift Center MassMutual Northern New England Cararabasset Valley: Maine Sanford Strong, North Parish organizations that help meet the MaineHealth Monaghan Leahy, LLP State Department of Education Congregational United Church of increasing needs of the community.” Midcoast Federal Credit Union New Hampshire Hospice & Palliative Care Organization Christ, United Way of York County MassMutual Financial Group Matrix Group Benefits, LLC NorDx employees of MaineHealth Falmouth: Southern Maine WEX Inc. One Day at Time Fund of the Maine Community Northeast Financial Strategies Agency on Aging Scarborough: Maine Medical — Maria Collins, FoundationNew England Offroad Outfitters LLC Northeast Patient Group Center Cancer Institute vice president, Oxford Casino OTTO Pizza Pork in the Beans Productions Inc. 500+ Freeport: Maine School New York Life Foundation Portland Longshoremen’s Benevolent Association children and teens Counselors Association South Portland: InterMed, $5,000-$9,999 Portland Pirates Hockey Club R.C. Moore, Inc. Bank of America Charitable Foundation The Perkins Family Trust Southern Maine Community 469 117 Frances Hollis Brain Foundation Inc. The Yoga Center Kennebunk: Kennebunk College, South Portland High Roy A. Hunt Foundation Cumberland County Fund of the Maine Community Portland Shellfish Co., Inc. Timber Island Builders 1,800+ Elementary School, May Day School, STRIVE, TD Bank, Sanford Savings Institution adults Foundation Smaha Family Charitable Fund UBS Financial Services Inc. Festival, Snug Harbor Farm, York Texas Instruments Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Watershed Partners, Inc. County United Way Coalition “IDEXX is proud to support the Center Southern Maine Health Care The Eunice Frye Home Foundation The Mimi Foundation Windham Weaponry Springvale: Maine Behavioral and its peer support programs. It is Gorham Savings Bank Unum Matching Gifts Program Kittery: Maine Behavioral Healthcare Children, teens, and adults Institutions receiving Individuals benefiting from a wonderful place, available at no Maine Dart Association Vivid Motion Healthcare, Portsmouth who helped one another grief support education and grief support education and cost to families in our community, Medical Mutual Insurance Company of Maine York County Federal Credit Union through peer support training or crisis support training or crisis support Naval Shipyard Waterboro: RSU 57 RE/MAX by the Bay We are grateful to where the healing power of love is Rines Thompson Fund Lewiston: Maine State School Wells: York County incredibly strong.” of the Maine Community Foundation $500-$999 everyone who gives to Nurses Association Community College SGC Engineering, LLC Aetna Foundation, Inc. the Center. Shamrock Sports Amvets Ladies Auxillary Post 2 — Mike Lane, Poland: Poland Community Westbrook: IDEXX Smith Family Charitable Trust Atlantic Regional Federal Credit Union A complete list of 2014-15 School corporate vice president, Spectrum Medical Group Baystate Financial Services Foundation, Inc. donors can be found online at Yarmouth: InterMed IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. Tex-Tech Industries Berwick General Store & Deli Portland: Americorps, Baxter The Thomas Agency, Inc. Biddeford Savings Bank cgcmaine.org. Bowdoin College School, Boys & Girls Club, Out of State: 15 5 0 Breakwater School, Casco Bay Casco Federal Credit Union thousand $2,500-$4,999 CBRE/Boulos Company High School, Catholic Charities, Guilford, Connecticut: CIEE, City of Portland Public CIEE Kids HUGS “Harvard Pilgrim is committed to A.T. Hutchins, LLC Cross Insurance Agency Health, Connections Academy, Anthem Blue Cross Cumberland County Federal Credit Union Deering High School, InterMed, inclusion in our community. The Rochester, New Hampshire: Baker Newman & Noyes David F. Talevi Foundation King Middle School, Lincoln Center’s Multicultural Program Individuals connecting with Amount the Center Victims Inc. Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC Demont & Associates Number of facilitator trainings Middle School, Lyman Moore meets a tremendous need among Margaret Burnham Charitable Trust Fabulous Find the Center online, seeing charged families to receive the Middle School, Portland Conroy-Tully Crawford Funeral Home grief-related resources in Sanford and Portland support they needed Portland, Oregon: National young people of all cultures who are Falmouth Dental Health Community Health Center, Association of Grieving Children Edward H. Daveis Benevolent Fund Falmouth Lions Club Portland Police Department, coping with loss.” of the Maine Community Foundation Fred E. Gignoux, Inc. H.M. Payson, Inc. Furniture Repair Services of Maine — Ed Kane, Harvard Pilgrim Kids HUGS Program Girls on the Run Martin’s Point Healthcare Givalike vice president for Maine Patrons Oxford Insurance Company Golf & Ski Warehouse Skillful Home Recreation Goodman Law Firm Stoddard Charitable Trust Great Lost Bear TD Bank Gritty McDuff’s Brewing Company FINANCIAL STATISTICS (AUDITED) Unity Foundation Handyman Equipment Rental Co.,Inc. “MaineHealth is pleased to support Unum Investment Management & Consulting Group Fredrick C. Durst the Center. The unique services it Jotul North America, Inc. (1929-2015) $1,500-$2,499 JR Squared Enterprises, Inc. provides are vital for children and Leonardo’s Pizza Alere Scarborough, Inc. Lions Club of Cape Elizabeth, Inc. families, and are a tremendous August Wealth Management Fred Durst and his wife Marilyn began Nappi Distributors Revenue resource for our community.” Baldwin Foundation National Alliance of Grieving Children volunteering for the Center in its Estes Charitable Fund New England Carpenters Labor earliest days, serving as peer-group Revenue from Services*...... $0 Fairpoint Communications Northeast Technical Institute — William Caron, Fintech Securities facilitators. When their adult son died Contributions, Grants, Events, Community Support... $903,847 Norway Savings Bank chairman & CEO, MaineHealth Albert B. Glickman Family Foundation Osher Foundation several years later, the Center’s support Investment Gain...... $1,214 IBM Employee Services Center Phillips Green Foundation was there for their daughter-in-law Ice-Time Charitable Endowment Pine State Trading Company Total Revenues...... $905,061 InterMed and grandchildren. After Marilyn died R. M. Davis, Inc. Jones-Rich-Hutchins Funeral Home RSVP Discount Beverage and Redemption Center in 2008, Fred remained a facilitator Revenue by Source Expense Allocation Kennebunk Savings Bank “It is with tremendous pride that Saco & Biddeford Savings Bank and a generous mentor to our staff Expenses L.L.Bean Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church WEX supports the Center for Grieving Littler Mendelson PC and volunteers. He died in March, just Program Services...... $681,850 Special Events 42% Program Services 80% Saturn Associates, Inc. • • Losam Fund Grants 18% General Fundraising 8.6% Children. Our community is filled Shipyard Brewing Company one month after celebrating his 86th Management and General...... $97,007 • • Maine Credit Union League with countless personal stories of the SHP Management Corporation birthday at the Center’s annual gala. Contributions 19% Management and General 11.4% Max Kagan Family Foundation • • Springer’s Jewelers Fundraising...... $73,750 difference the Center has made to New England Cancer Specialists We are grateful to Fred for his wisdom United Way Allocation and Synergent • Oakhurst Dairy Total Expenses...... $852,608 Designated Donors 14% families in times of need.” Talmatch and humor, his many years of service Opus Consulting Group Thornton and Company and support, and his planned legacy Unrestricted Margin...... $52,453 Misc 7% Rite Aid • Trademark Federal Credit Union — Melissa Smith, RunWalk Company, Inc. gift to the Center. He will be missed. Walgreens Sellers Publishing, Inc. president & CEO, WEX, Inc. Wells High School *The Center provides services to grieving children and families at no charge, through the tremendous generosity of our community. Spinnaker Trust 6 Yarmouth Lions Club 7 BY THE NUMBERS THANK YOU July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015 July 1, 2014-June 30, 2015 Corporation and Foundation Support

$35,000 + Systems Engineering $250-$499 A Year of Big Data supportPlaces We’ve Been The Masonic Charitable Foundation Bank of America United Way Campaign New York Life Insurance The Miley Foundation We thank many leading Be the Katalyst Sample of community outreach including crisis Town & Country Federal Credit Union Beaudoin-Morell Fund businesses for their strong Triton Foundation response, training, and education Bigelow Investment Advisors Truist support of the Center. $25,000-$30,000 Blue Knights International Verrill Dana LLP Augusta: Maine School Portland Public Library, Maine United Way of Greater Portland J. B. Brown & Sons Eastpoint Christian Church Wellness Connection of Maine Management Association Medical Center, Multicultural C. M. Cimino Realty, Inc. and Multilingual Center of Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Craft Beer Cellar The Berwicks: Berwick Portland Public Schools, Reiche IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. $1,000-$1,499 CSA Enterprises, LLC 24 Academy, Hussey Seating, MSAD Elementary School, Riverton Deep Blue Truth Allagash Brewing Company, Inc. thousand 200 905 60, Noble High School Park, STRIVE, TIP - Trauma $10,000-$20,000 Apple Lane Foundation Digiorgio Associates, Inc. Intervention Program, University “We are proud to support the Center Clynk Community Cash Elsmere BBQ & Wood Grill + Biddeford: Biddeford Middle of Southern Maine Pierce Atwood + and its mission to provide a safe, Fox Property Maintenance, Inc. School, Maine Behavioral Sam L. Cohen Foundation Dawson Smith Purvis & Bassett, P.A. Hurley Travel Experts Healthcare, St. James Saco: Key Bank, Peoples Choice loving environment for children FalmouthCreative Office High PavilionSchool JAB Food Services, Inc. Elementary School Credit Union, Southern Maine and families to express themselves General Dynamics, Bath Iron Works General Dynamics Abraham S. & Fannie B. Levey Foundation Hours given Volunteers available as Phone callers who received Health Care during their grieving processes. It’s The William J.J. Gordon Family Holy Spirit Sodality Lila East End Yoga immediate grief support, plus Brunswick: Maine General Health by volunteers weekly peer-group facilitators Bowdoin College Maine Community Foundation information and referrals Sanford: Sanford High School, gratifying to provide grants to local Foundation MassMutual Matching Gift Center MassMutual Northern New England Cararabasset Valley: Maine Sanford Strong, North Parish organizations that help meet the MaineHealth Monaghan Leahy, LLP State Department of Education Congregational United Church of increasing needs of the community.” Midcoast Federal Credit Union New Hampshire Hospice & Palliative Care Organization Christ, United Way of York County MassMutual Financial Group Matrix Group Benefits, LLC NorDx employees of MaineHealth Falmouth: Southern Maine WEX Inc. One Day at Time Fund of the Maine Community Northeast Financial Strategies Agency on Aging Scarborough: Maine Medical — Maria Collins, FoundationNew England Offroad Outfitters LLC Northeast Patient Group Center Cancer Institute vice president, Oxford Casino OTTO Pizza Pork in the Beans Productions Inc. 500+ Freeport: Maine School New York Life Foundation Portland Longshoremen’s Benevolent Association children and teens Counselors Association South Portland: InterMed, $5,000-$9,999 Portland Pirates Hockey Club R.C. Moore, Inc. Bank of America Charitable Foundation The Perkins Family Trust Southern Maine Community 469 117 Frances Hollis Brain Foundation Inc. The Yoga Center Kennebunk: Kennebunk College, South Portland High Roy A. Hunt Foundation Cumberland County Fund of the Maine Community Portland Shellfish Co., Inc. Timber Island Builders 1,800+ Elementary School, May Day School, STRIVE, TD Bank, Sanford Savings Institution adults Foundation Smaha Family Charitable Fund UBS Financial Services Inc. Festival, Snug Harbor Farm, York Texas Instruments Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Watershed Partners, Inc. County United Way Coalition “IDEXX is proud to support the Center Southern Maine Health Care The Eunice Frye Home Foundation The Mimi Foundation Windham Weaponry Springvale: Maine Behavioral and its peer support programs. It is Gorham Savings Bank Unum Matching Gifts Program Kittery: Maine Behavioral Healthcare Children, teens, and adults Institutions receiving Individuals benefiting from a wonderful place, available at no Maine Dart Association Vivid Motion Healthcare, Portsmouth who helped one another grief support education and grief support education and cost to families in our community, Medical Mutual Insurance Company of Maine York County Federal Credit Union through peer support training or crisis support training or crisis support Naval Shipyard Waterboro: RSU 57 RE/MAX by the Bay We are grateful to where the healing power of love is Rines Thompson Fund Lewiston: Maine State School Wells: York County incredibly strong.” of the Maine Community Foundation $500-$999 everyone who gives to Nurses Association Community College SGC Engineering, LLC Aetna Foundation, Inc. the Center. Shamrock Sports Amvets Ladies Auxillary Post 2 — Mike Lane, Poland: Poland Community Westbrook: IDEXX Smith Family Charitable Trust Atlantic Regional Federal Credit Union A complete list of 2014-15 School corporate vice president, Spectrum Medical Group Baystate Financial Services Foundation, Inc. donors can be found online at Yarmouth: InterMed IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. Tex-Tech Industries Berwick General Store & Deli Portland: Americorps, Baxter The Thomas Agency, Inc. Biddeford Savings Bank cgcmaine.org. Bowdoin College School, Boys & Girls Club, Out of State: 15 5 0 Breakwater School, Casco Bay Casco Federal Credit Union thousand United Way of York County CBRE/Boulos Company High School, Catholic Charities, Guilford, Connecticut: $2,500-$4,999 CIEE, City of Portland Public CIEE Kids HUGS “Harvard Pilgrim is committed to A.T. Hutchins, LLC Cross Insurance Agency Health, Connections Academy, Anthem Blue Cross Cumberland County Federal Credit Union Deering High School, InterMed, inclusion in our community. The Rochester, New Hampshire: Baker Newman & Noyes David F. Talevi Foundation King Middle School, Lincoln Center’s Multicultural Program Individuals connecting with Amount the Center Victims Inc. Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC Demont & Associates Number of facilitator trainings Middle School, Lyman Moore meets a tremendous need among Margaret Burnham Charitable Trust Fabulous Find the Center online, seeing charged families to receive the Middle School, Portland Conroy-Tully Crawford Funeral Home grief-related resources in Sanford and Portland support they needed Portland, Oregon: National young people of all cultures who are Falmouth Dental Health Community Health Center, Association of Grieving Children Edward H. Daveis Benevolent Fund Falmouth Lions Club Portland Police Department, coping with loss.” of the Maine Community Foundation Fred E. Gignoux, Inc. H.M. Payson, Inc. Furniture Repair Services of Maine — Ed Kane, Harvard Pilgrim Kids HUGS Program Girls on the Run Martin’s Point Healthcare Givalike vice president for Maine Patrons Oxford Insurance Company Golf & Ski Warehouse Skillful Home Recreation Goodman Law Firm Stoddard Charitable Trust Great Lost Bear TD Bank Gritty McDuff’s Brewing Company FINANCIAL STATISTICS (AUDITED) Unity Foundation Handyman Equipment Rental Co.,Inc. “MaineHealth is pleased to support Unum Investment Management & Consulting Group Fredrick C. Durst the Center. The unique services it Jotul North America, Inc. (1929-2015) $1,500-$2,499 JR Squared Enterprises, Inc. provides are vital for children and Leonardo’s Pizza Alere Scarborough, Inc. Lions Club of Cape Elizabeth, Inc. families, and are a tremendous August Wealth Management Fred Durst and his wife Marilyn began Nappi Distributors Revenue resource for our community.” Baldwin Foundation National Alliance of Grieving Children volunteering for the Center in its Estes Charitable Fund New England Carpenters Labor earliest days, serving as peer-group Revenue from Services*...... $0 Fairpoint Communications Northeast Technical Institute — William Caron, Fintech Securities facilitators. When their adult son died Contributions, Grants, Events, Community Support... $903,847 Norway Savings Bank chairman & CEO, MaineHealth Albert B. Glickman Family Foundation Osher Foundation several years later, the Center’s support Investment Gain...... $1,214 IBM Employee Services Center Phillips Green Foundation was there for their daughter-in-law Ice-Time Charitable Endowment Pine State Trading Company Total Revenues ...... $905,061 InterMed and grandchildren. After Marilyn died R. M. Davis, Inc. Jones-Rich-Hutchins Funeral Home RSVP Discount Beverage and Redemption Center in 2008, Fred remained a facilitator Revenue by Source Expense Allocation Kennebunk Savings Bank “It is with tremendous pride that Saco & Biddeford Savings Bank and a generous mentor to our staff Expenses L.L.Bean Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church WEX supports the Center for Grieving Littler Mendelson PC and volunteers. He died in March, just Program Services ...... $681,850 Special Events 42% Program Services 80% Saturn Associates, Inc. • • Losam Fund Grants 18% General Fundraising 8.6% Children. Our community is filled Shipyard Brewing Company one month after celebrating his 86th Management and General...... $97,007 • • Maine Credit Union League with countless personal stories of the SHP Management Corporation birthday at the Center’s annual gala. Contributions 19% Management and General 11.4% Max Kagan Family Foundation • • Springer’s Jewelers Fundraising...... $73,750 difference the Center has made to New England Cancer Specialists We are grateful to Fred for his wisdom United Way Allocation and Synergent • Oakhurst Dairy Total Expenses ...... $852,608 Designated Donors 14% families in times of need.” Talmatch and humor, his many years of service Opus Consulting Group Thornton and Company and support, and his planned legacy Unrestricted Margin...... $52,453 Misc 7% Rite Aid • Trademark Federal Credit Union — Melissa Smith, RunWalk Company, Inc. gift to the Center. He will be missed. Walgreens Sellers Publishing, Inc. president & CEO, WEX, Inc. Wells High School *The Center provides services to grieving children and families at no charge, through the tremendous generosity of our community. Spinnaker Trust 6 Yarmouth Lions Club 7 In Memory and Honor

Thank you for your loyalty and generosity in making gifts to the Center. If you have arranged through your $50-$5,000: Gifts made in memory of: $50-$5,000: Gifts made in honor of: Alissa Messer Tony Pollino Len and Liane Giambalvo Molly Anderson Peter Prinz * Kay Porter Eliza Warren Giberson Ray and Sonny Wendy Barrett Beth Quinlan Jessica Porter Allison Gjeltema will to make a bequest, please let us know, so that we may express our gratitude for your “forever gift.” Marie Almy Allison Beck Peggy Rowe Natalie Reisinger • Tara Goodell Constance Asdourian Paul Black Daniela Skalina Kathryn Ridgeway Nicole Grover Anthony Attardo Ivelisse Castro Pat Stone Jacqueline Roberge Leah Guswell Joan Banks Center Falmouth Orthopaedic Center Amber Strickland Kristen Ryan Chandler Hawkes Cliff Baxter Elizabeth Clough Doug Watts Zoe Sahloul Hebron Academy students Matthew Beisswanger Tracey Collins Brittney Sampson Quincy Hentzel Lindsay Berghuis Sorcha Cribben-Merrill Erin Saveall Samantha Higgins Maggie Blakeman Gifts from Individuals Kenneth and Beverly Dando 1-4 Years of service Jamie Schwellenbach Kevin and Katie Hogan Emily Bobbit Jolee and Corey Dewitt Judith Abdalla Ardo Sharif • John Holland Melissa Jane and Mike Bourque Vanessa McGee Kelly Frost Amy Parker Karen Dressel Sanaa Abduljabar • Judi Slotsky Lynne Holler $5,000-$10,000 Stephen Hendry Christopher Bramblett Scott Mitchell Marc Gauthier Gina M. Pate David and Cathie Flavin Danielle Alexander Teresa St. Peter Susan Hoyt Emily Butler Michael and Denise Dubyak Kevin and Elizabeth Hunt Cathleen O’Donnell Jim Giberson and Eliza Warren Giberson Suzanne Patterson Lynn Foley Kristina Andren Ed Szalajeski Peg Hughes Sean Casey Marsha O’Leary Deborah Giroux Mark Philbrick Ann Fourre Jared Archambault Pamela Szalajeski Heather Hunsicker Stephen Hart John and Lori Black Grant Chandler Arlene O’Rourke Lisa Gorman Carol Plummer Stephanie Gildart Laurie Armstrong Matthew Theodores IDEXX employees Norbert M. Chiland Joe and Carole Long Mike Lauze Heather Paquette Meg Grala Kathryn Pratt Brianna Babick Carl Toney • Halee Jandreau Gregory Collins, MD Paul Parker Thomas Greer Jim Przybylowicz Lynne and Bruce Grimaldi Faith Barnes * Rosalie Trujillo Julianne Johnson William O’Donnell Paul Leeman, III Joan Conley Elizabeth K. Provost Angela Gregoire Karen M. Puckett WilliamTim Griffin J. Hannigan III Carmela Barton Rebecca Tryon Jen Kaplus Mary E. Corbin Melissa Smith and William R. Legge Daniel Redmond George Purgavie Deb Henry Michaela Belair * Eugenie Umuratae • Andrea Krasker Gavin Henry Armand Daley Betsy Richards Lynne J. Grimaldi Sara Queenan Stephen Hart Michael Berkowitz Stephanie Williams Linda Labbe Brian Corcoran Anne Lynch Joshua Lee Danforth Cathy Roberts MaryeileenHenry Griffin Haley Elizabeth P. Quinlan Jack Keely Lori Black Susan Jane Winslow Carolyn Lane Carroll Deba Peter and Donna Verrill Tricia and Fred Madeira Patricia Rosi Santucci and Linda Peyton and Morris Hancock Claudia J. Racki Lynn Kenerson Michael Boardman Gretalynn Yankiver Amanda Langley John Deering Jacques Santucci Jessica Harrison Lawrence Rakovan Kathleen Porter Kristiansen Goeffrey Bohannan Howard Yates Desiree Leary Tirumala Devi Maganti Courtney Dewitt Paula Saabye David Haskell Kay Ralston John Lennon Michaela Boland Ayla Zeimer Julie Leeman Fred Durst Timothy Masse Kathy and Kevin Smith Kelly Hasson Rebecca Rand Paul and Janet Letalien Ann Marie Briggs Janet Letalien $2,500-$4,999 Albert R. Farina Philip St. Germain Nicholas Hayes Jason Raven Marie and Ed Manganello Gail Brooks Less than One Year Joline A. McDonough Daniel Fleming Michael Akom Casey Stuber Quincy Hentzel Jackie Real Mary March Kate Brown Rasha Al Tissini Laurel Macs Bretton Frost Alan McIlhenny, Jr. and Beth Beth Ann Swan Peter and Julia Herzog Matthew Ryan Real Steve Maxcy Hannah Brown Marianne Ameika TheJillian Maids Littlefield Jim Brady Peggy Furey Nathaniel Thompson Brian Hodgkin Gary Robinson Sharon McKenna Amanda Bucci Rebecca Anderson RoseAnn McConnell Ackerson Pauline Genthner Dan and Gail Bruzgo John Reed and Elyse Tipton John Holland Melissa Rubel Michael Moore Jim Byers Rachel Bristol Cathy McInnis Harvey Gerry Dana Mitiguy Raymond Veroneau Mary Holland-Buckelew Ben and Sarah Ryan Jenny Nelson Jane Cahill Caitlin Cleary Kim Merrill Kevin Bunker Gertrude Gleason Mark A. Winship Christina Holt Jeffrey Saffer Denise Novotny Susan Casey Tina Courcy Chelsey Merrill John and Carol Mosley Kevin Grover David B. Findlay Howard Yates Dory C. Hoy Brittany Sanders Jan Reale Liz Clough Robert Courcy Alison Metsker Tim Hailey Marianne Murray Tina Hunt Justin Schair Paul Simonsen Liz Colburn Natalie Dean Drew Milburn Julie Grosvenor and John Hamilton Glenn Irish Allison D. Schroth Barney Skolnick Heather Corey Joleen DeWitt Jon Moniscalco Elizabeth Orlic Mary Hasson Michael Akom $200-$499 Deborah T. Jabar Sandro Sechi Melissa Smith Maryann Corsello Jackie Downing * Brian Morin Bill Hemmens J.G. O’Rourke Deb Abbondanza Mariusz Jankowski Judith G. Shank David Stearns Sorcha Cribben-Merrill Marianne Fasulo Sarah Mosley Robert and Jennifer Kaplus Amy Hewitt Dan Abbott Ron Jobel Patricia Stone Jody Fuller Assumpta Mpitabakana Frank O’Shea Joan Hutchins Maureen Keeley and Kimberly Adams Sherri Kaufman Mark Siegmund TLC Families and Facilitators Pheobe Crockett Lauren Herzig Elizabeth Murphy Raymond P. Jones Triss Critchfield Thomas Saturley Michael Albaum Robert and Peggy Keach KristenMarie Sheffield Sinewick Lucy and Grace Tumavicus Kathryn Diggs Amy Hoffman Nancy Nally Cheryl Greany Brendan Keating Joseph Alexander Jason Kendeigh Leslie Smith Nancy Wallace Lazarus Donato • Cathy Hussey Jan Nelson Bryan Shumway Robert Kirby Joseph Kocknavate Jeff Allen Alexandra Keogh Oliver Smith Alan J. Wright Megan Dow Dara Jarrendt Kaitlyn Oddy Peg Kirkpatrick Jeffrey Small Chuck Alsdurf Christopher Keys Kenneth Spirer Ayla Zeimer Julie Edmonson Tiffany Nelson Michael Ogon Paul and Janet Letalien Connie Korda Stephanie and Bill Andy Scott Kidder Judy Stein Jack Flanagan Shirley Parker Jen Oleszinski John VanLonkhuyzen Benjamin Lamontagne Mark Pettingill Elizabeth Armstrong Chris Charles Klement Christopher A. Stevens Lynn Foley * Kyle Peterman Carissa Parent Mina Zuke Lomac Kevin Walker Vincent Asanza John Knox Andrew Stickney Volunteers Paul Forman Claire Prescott Lori Parent Amanda and Mark Rand Mark and Joline Lovering Richard Asdourian George Koukos Ethan Strimling Leah Foti * Ryan Quinn Sarah Patten Emily Wesolowski Caoimhe Lynch Peer Group Facilitators Will Stiles and Hilary Rapkin Kathleen Babich Michael Kramer Stephen Strout and Susan Giambalvo Karen Franciose Jean Taylor-Kiley Carolyn Ploss Barbara Marcisso Kate Baldacci Linda Labbe Linda Swallow 20+ Years of service Kristine Franklin Julia Trujillo-Luengo • Amy Podziak Kimberly Simard Sarah Wright Maxwell $500-$999 Alan Beal Lynn LaMontagne Susannah Swihart Jacob and Kristine Watson Cheryl Fullerton Sophie Veilleux Emma Pope-Welch Craig Tribuno Christelle Belleville William Lane Edmund and Pamela Szalajeski Reid Stevens Nancy Gearin Nancy Verrill Suzanne Prinz Sara Almy Michael McKenna Bethany Billinger Joanne Larman Marianne and Hector Tarraza Rachel Gitelson Sara Queenan Ed and Megan Tumavicus Robert J. Anderson, Jr. SheilaAmy McDuffie McNabb Henry Bliss D. Lawrence James Taylor 15-19 Years of service Natalya Gorsky * Mark Rand Deb Austin Larayne Mears Office and Event Volunteers Larry and Colette Wold Belle Bocal Lisa Lee William Taylor Henry Bliss John Reed Brett Barker Eileen Minte Jeff Scott Bolduc John Leonard Ralph Tedesco Ina Demers • Lynne Grimaldi Rhonda Ring John H. Bennett John L. Moore Tim Griffin Emily Allison Jennifer Brayall Lisa Letourneau Cory Theberge Chris Gower Nicole Grover Ann Marie Rousselle Kathleen Bloomer Antonio and Maria Morelli Jessica Avery $1,000-$2,499 Vicki Brenner Sara Lewis Matt and Ellen Theodores Beth Van Gorden Lisa Hammer Erin Ryan Julia Bracken Philip R Neuhaus Leana Ball Elizabeth Brogan Nancy Litrocapes Lindsey Theriault Joanne Larman Lucy Hardy Stella Santucci Danika Babcock Wade Brainerd Jonathan Nolan Ryan Barnes Diane H. Brooker Jamie Logan Andrew Thomen Shawna Ohm • Suad Hassan J.J. Serapas Seth and Amy Bruning Sheila O’Connell Dave and Erin Bartoletti Marc Badeau William Brown Marston Lovell Nancy and Tim Thompson Sheryl Plummer Rebecca Hatch Elizabeth Siviski Cecilia Caldwell and Phil Scavetto Shelly Osgood Christel Batshiondo Charlie Bruder Eoin Lynch Diane Thornton Chandler Jori Rynberg Owen Hayes * Cortney Smart Michelle L. Bailey Douglas S. and Deirdre Carr Charles O’Sullivan Beacon Group team Janet D. Bruen Scot MacDonald Christopher Tolford Abdimajid Sharif • Anne Heelan Keri Smith Paul Chace Edward Pinciak Gail Beals Michael Banks Elizabeth Buckley Shelby Macleod Michael Totta Linda Siglock Deb Henry* Marina Stam Dawn Poulin Lewis Dianne Black William and Karen Burke Suzanne Madigan Bob Tozier Christine Hensley Judith Stark Charlene Bellenger Ann M. Courtney Dr. Aaron P. Pratt 10-14 Years of service Belle Bocal Michael Burnham Gregory Maling Kevin Trytek Lynne Holler Georgia Taylor RichardDavid Coffin and Margaret Curran Devin Remme Allison Beck Katherine Bonawitz Christopher Bender Gena Canning Tim Malisa Alison Vanderhoof Tom Hopkins Christine Taylor Joe DeLois Kevin Ryan Andy Dixon Megean Bourgeois Lawrence E Carter Ann Marie Mayaard Scott Vogel Susan Howe Nancy Thompson Tim and Janet Brewer Frederick Demers Julie L. Sanders Claudia Dwyer Polly Bradley Steven S. Carvel Michael Mayer Brigid Waeldner Lisa Howell Kathy Trott Diane and Gary Donaldson James Sanville Steve Hart Jen Brayall Christine Bennett and Rebecca Casey Ian McArthur John Wahlig Susan Hoyt USM Students Vinal Doody Pauline Sawyer Tatyana Herron Kimberly Brennan Laura Casparius Sharon McKenna Mary Ellen Walek Pamela Kallas Shannon Vachon Bruce Dalbeck Mary Austin Dowd and George Calvert Rom Schutsky and Patricia Webber Drew Hill Walter Brooks Chris Cimino Stephen Meahl Heather L. Walker Nancy Kellar Courtney Valley Bruce Duquette Greg Scully Sharon Hill Gail Brooks Gail Cinelli Brennen Clark Cindy Meoli Adam R. Walker Jane Kirton Sophie Veilleaux Barbara Durr Samantha Coons Smith Tricia Jamiol Mary Brown Michael T. Colucci Ian Mercer Donald Walsh Edward Laboke • Brittany Whelan Nate Clark Lissa Ecker Zachary Smith Stephanie Morris Joan Burke Madeleine Corson Alissa Messer David and Diana Warren Amanda Langley Elizabeth Wheeler Shari and Steve Elder Peter Stickney Cathleen O’Donnell Brian Burnham Joan M. Conroy Andrew and Kim Couch Brian Milliken Bradford Watson Janine Lauze Eileen Whynot Greg Fall and Joy Symon Fall Charles Stickney Cathy Paglio Ronnie Byrnes Christopher Crawford Alicia Milne Glen Watson Sue LoBosco Stephanie Williams Jann Coyac James T. Fickett Timothy Stickney Connie Palys Tom Chabot Jack Curran William Mitchell Douglas E. Watts Helen Lonegan Donna Williams Ken Smith and Heidi Foreman-Smith Eddie Szalajeski Toni Parise * Cheverus students Kathy and Bob Crispin Ryan Cutting Jim Molleur Mark Webber Amanda Lopez Amelia Worthing Sam Fratoni Michael and Mark Thibea McKenna Leslie Smith Sam Chick Gina D’Angelo Brian Morin Michael Weiss Blaise Maccarrone * Brittany Young Michael and Andrea Suzanne Gerry Amy Tumavicus Jennifer Stockless Vaughn Clark Douglas Darby Gerald H. Morin, Jr Lana Wescott Margo Mallar * Leonard and Liane Giambalvo Dana Vamrakias Karen Stowe Susan Cloutier Descoteaux Reinaldo de los Heros Luc Morong Josh Whaley Jeanne Markin Trainers and Consultants Mary Giftos Marcia Ann Varney Ida and Peter Connolly Terry Delmonte Eva Morrill Jonathan Wilk 5-9 Years of service Debbie Mazjanis Mary Donahue Mary P. Donahue Travis Gilbert Gary Vavra Karissa D’Attilio Sally DeLuca Jennifer Mull-Brooks Kate Wilkinson Lynn Abood Susan McCadam Beth Elicker Pete Hazzard Andrew Weiss Hannah Davis Michael Doyle Sheila Devine Justin Munson James and Margaret Wilson Peter Arndt Pam McGrath Patricia Ellen Tiffany L Higgins Sarah Wright Tammy Delano Ann Dilworth Monique Murray Andrew Wood Angie Arndt Sharon McKenna Linda Kelly Burr and Deborah Duryee John Hill Therese Zucco Nate Dibiase Chris Disotto John Nahil Monica Wood Paul Attardo Audrey McMorrow Christine Linnehan Joe and Maria Hyatt Marguerite Zumbiel-Blakeman Kurt and Maria Ebrahim Andrew Dixon Benno Nelson Mark Wrona Patti Campbell Nikki Millonzi Peg O’Brien Mary Jennings Shelley Doak Gina Mitchell Emily Dube Connie Palys Patricia Faria Gretchen Johnson and David Cummings Laurie Nicholas Rhonda J. Wronski Beth Carter BurrDiversified Duryee Communications employees Anna Edgerley Susan H. Nielsen Jack Wu and Amy Hemmens Wu Valerie Craig Rose Mary Muir * Shelley Walker Rosen Lynn Foley Tracy and Robert Keegan Jean E. Emery Donna Oakley Tim Dwyer Bruce St. Thomas Michael and Carolyn Lane Jonathan Nolan George Yackulic Diane Dickinson Jessica Dwyer Jay Evans Frankie Odom Paulette York Marjorie Ford Beth Olsen Ellen Theodores Barbara and Kara Leopold Heather Fecteau Suzanne Patterson Brandy Egan Harley Lewin Beatrice G. Osgood Janice Zurlo Pam Hines Patrick Elbary Nicholas Fowler Eleanor Flavin BIll Ouellette Rhonda Wronski Monique Isherwood Alli Penan Peter Lewis Lawrence H. Foley Bethany Peterson-Leck Michelle Esposito Vince Furey, Jr. Sandra Livingston Bethany Ouellette Liz and Steve Wyman Jean Jala Missy Esty Michael Foley Erin Ovalle Howard Yates Noreen Jensen Maria Peverada Susan Gagnon John R. Lunt Marjorie Ford Deb Pfeffer Alexis Ewald Raina and David Maxwell Elizabeth Page Paulette York Sheila Jepson Katie Gauttier Maxwell J. Freeman Constance S. Palys Janice Zurlo Maureen Keeley Linda Piper Paul Haroldsen Jay Mazelsky Chris Fritch Jay Piscopo Nancy Gearin Gregory and Julie McCarthy Carissa Parent Beth Kittredge Erica Gervais Joan Martay Cary Plummer 8 Our listing takes into account gifts made through United Way, but not payments on capital campaign pledges made in previous years. If you note an error, please call 207.775.5216. * Also volunteered for special events or office projects • Member of Intercultural Advisory Committee 9 In Memory and Honor

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