Bath Area BackPack Program is seeking help from the community in its goal to provide meals for food-challenged children in Bath, Phippsburg and Woolwich. The not-for-profit program’s current fundraising goal is $60,000; $300 provides food during weekends and school vacations for one child for the entire school year. Over 45% of students in the Bath […]
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Nonprofit eases burden on Wiscasset families, teachers with free school supplies
Families with children in elementary through high school reported spending an average of about $790 on back-to-school supplies.
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Feed Our Scholars, a Wiscasset nonprofit, is collecting donations for its annual Set for Success program, which provides back-to-school supplies for local elementary school students, but the deadline for donations is approaching.
According to the nonprofit’s online wish list on Amazon, classrooms are calling for everything from pencils, markers and notebooks to disinfectant wipes and dry erase markers.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the school supplies donated will be sent to classrooms for teachers to distribute rather than hosting a large distribution event for families like in prior years. Teachers will keep any excess materials to give to students throughout the year as needed.
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Bath nonprofit needs funds to provide RSU1 students with school supplies
About 600 Bath-area students gather free school supplies from the annual Set for Success event each year, which is short of its $20,000 goal.
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About 600 Regional School Unit 1 students attend the annual Set for Success event each year to gather free school supplies, among other resources.
Photo courtesy of Jamie Dorr
Although the academic year just ended, a team at the Midcoast Youth Center, a Bath nonprofit serving local students, is spending the summer helping local students get ready for the upcoming school year.
The nonprofit has a fundraising goal of $20,000 to cover the cost of the supplies. So far, only about $6,300 has been raised.
Bath youth support nonprofit asks council to reconsider 90% funding cut
The Midcoast Youth Center relies on the city s $30,000 to cover operating costs including rent, electricity and internet. The city council this year is allocating only $3,000.
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The Midcoast Youth Center, a Bath nonprofit serving local students, is asking the city council to reconsider its annual funding allotment after councilors slashed the city’s contribution from $30,000 last year to $3,000.
Midcoast Youth Center Founder Jamie Dorr said while the city’s $30,000 contribution is a small piece of the nonprofit’s $479,000 annual budget, it covers the organization’s operations bill, including paying for electricity, internet, trash removal and some food and materials the center offers students for free.