Please note: so that the steering committees can know the amount of funds available to distribute to victims, survivors, families, and into the community, donations to the fund have closed as of February 20, 2024. We thank you for your generosity. Any additional gifts sent to the Lewiston-Auburn Response Fund will be allocated to the Androscoggin County Fund.
Overview
Applications to MaineCF's Lewiston-Auburn Area Response Fund's Victims & Families Fund are now closed. Please email lewiston@mainecf.org with any questions.
Application Information
- CATEGORY A (heirs of those killed)
- CATEGORY B & C (those injured - same instructions for both categories)
- CATEGORY D (those present who experienced trauma)
Please note: the deadline for applications was January 30, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. The Steering Committee reviewed applications to the categories above, per the final protocol document below and made recommendations for disbursement in March 2024.
Final Protocol
To view the Steering Committee's Final Protocol, please click here. To view the Final Protocol document translated into ASL in a video format, please click here.
Volunteer Steering Committee
The all-volunteer steering committee for the Victims & Families Fund created the distribution policy for funds collected and is comprised of business, community and civic leaders for whose leadership we are grateful.
- Tom Platz (Chair), Platz Associates
- Deborah Anthoine, St. Mary’s Health System
- Kevin Bohlin, Pine Tree Society
- Marc Frenette, Trafton, Matzen, Belleau & Frenette, LLP
- Meg Greene, Partner, Brann & Isaacson and Board member, John T. Gorman Foundation
- Laura Lee, Maine Community Foundation
- Neil Kiely, Androscoggin Bank
- Steven Littleson, Central Maine Healthcare
- John Ochira, Maine Community Foundation
- Catherine Ryder, Tri-County Mental Health Services
- Joe Samaha, father of victim in Virginia Tech shooting
- Sitara Sheikh, Maine Association for the Deaf
- Cara Cookson, Special Liaison to the Office of the Attorney General
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