Building grants awarded to 12 area nonprofits
Officials with the Maine Community Foundation’s Community Building Grant Program recently awarded $55,100 in grants to 12 Aroostook County nonprofits, including the Friends of Aroostook in Houlton, formerly known as Empowering Life, to help expand their program to connect local resources with local needs.
Other grant recipients included:
• Aroostook County Action Program, Presque Isle, to replenish the “emergency fund” that is used when there is no other resource in the community to help clients meet basic survival and health needs;
• Cary Medical Center, Caribou, to purchase a “Safe Sharps“ disposal kiosk as part of the Community Safe Sharps Disposal Program;
• Catholic Charities of Maine, Portland, to stock a new warehouse, which will distribute non-perishable food to pantries in Aroostook County;
• Halfway Home Pet Rescue, Caribou, to provide support, including spay/neuter programs, rabies vaccines, and feline leukemia/FIV testing;
• Limestone/Caswell Historical Society to build storage for antique farm equipment;
• Loring Military Heritage Center, Limestone, to purchase siding, wiring, and other materials for the Heritage Center; and
• Northern Maine Fair Association, Presque Isle, to purchase materials for An Educational Day at the Farm, which will take place during the last week of July, for children 3 -10 years old.
