2008 Noyce Award Finalists Announced

Members of Knox County's Trekkers, winner of one of 16 25th Anniversary Community-Building Awards, enjoy a cultural exchange with Urban Trekkers from Camden, New Jersey, in Acadia National Park. Photo courtesy Trekkers

To help mark MaineCF’s 25th anniversary and the ongoing success of its County and Regional Program, a nonprofit in each of Maine’s 16 counties has received a 25th Anniversary Community-Building Award. The $2,500 grants, selected by county advisors and voluteer reviewers, honor some of the most outstanding programs in the state.

The Community-Building Awards are made possible by a grant from the Sandy River Charitable Foundation, which has supported MaineCF’s County and Regional Program for the past 10 years.

Award Recipients

• Androscoggin County: St. Mary’s Health System
• Aroostook County: Aroostook Area Agency on Aging
• Cumberland County: Rippleffect
• Franklin County: Franklin County Community College Network
• Hancock County: Penobscot East Resource Center
• Kennebec County: Maine Centers for Women, Work & Community
• Knox County: Trekkers
• Lincoln County: Susan Curtis Foundation
• Penobscot County: Bangor Public Library
• Piscataquis County: Pine Tree Hospice
• Sagadahoc County: Tri-County Literacy Volunteers
• Somerset County: Literacy Volunteers of Franklin and Somerset Counties
• Waldo County: Waldo County YMCA
• Washington County: Greenland Point Center
• York County: Community Wellness Coalition