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Giving Guide 2022

NFI North

Fundraising/Event Opportunities

The Santa Shuffle 5K Run/Walk for the Children, Dec. 3, 2022: Bridge Crossing Academy, Bridgton You can support this event with:

  • Corporate sponsorships
  • Participation and fundraising as a team or individual
  • Volunteering for planning committee or race day
  • Donations

20th Annual Empowerment Awards – Celebrating individuals and families who have overcome great obstacles to reach their goals. Corporate sponsorship opportunities are available.

Giving Opportunities

Because of you, children and adults with behavioral or mental health challenges find the highest-quality services designed to meet their individual needs when they come to NFI North. You can support our programs through:

  • Planned Giving – Talk to your tax professional about leaving a legacy of support, ensuring our services will be available for children and families for years to come.
  • Mission Fund – Gifts to the Mission Fund help ensure barriers will not get in the way of a current participant and their family reaching their goals.

Volunteer Opportunities

We change lives! And we don’t do it alone. Our donors, interns and volunteers help NFI North expand our reach and deepen our impact throughout Maine and New Hampshire. If you have an interest or a skill, share it with us and gain some valuable experiences! The support of our interns and volunteers means the world to us and to the people we serve. For more information email: nfinorth@nafi.com

Leadership

 

Board officers

Dr. Paul Dann: Executive Director

 

Suanne Nader: President

 

Dellie Champagne: Clerk/Secretary, Community Engagement Coordinator, New Futures

Bruce Farenwald, Board Treasurer: CFO, Duncraft Inc.

 

Board members

Patricia Fillio, LCMHC: Private Practice, Mental Health Counselor

Terry Lochhead: Retired Communications Consultant

Dean Murray: Chief Compliance Officer and Vice President Regulatory, GE Capital – Electric Co.

Don Nason: Assistant Belknap County Attorney, Laconia, NH

Ashley Wainwright: Digital Marketing, Financial Industry

At a glance

Established: 1992

Employees: 400

Annual revenue: $35,395,743

Top funding sources

60% Medicaid

30% State contract

9% Local donors

1% Client contribution

Contact

NFI North Administrative Offices: 40 Park Lane, Contoocook, NH 03229

(603) 746-7550

NFI North Maine Administrative Offices: 15 Wayside Ave., Bridgton, ME 04009

(207) 647-4404

https://www.nfinorth.com

https://www.facebook.com/nfinorth

https://www.twitter.com/nfinorth

https://www.instagram.com/nfinorthincinc

Accolades

2020 and 2022 Best Place to work N.H.; 2020, 2021 and 2022 Best Place to Work Maine; and Guidestar Gold Star Transparency Rating

Mission Statement

NFI North’s mission is to empower and inspire individuals and families to reach their full potential and to live successfully in their own community. We accomplish this by providing specialized education, counseling, supported employment, care management, foster care, clinical support, perinatal addiction services, residential services and many other services designed to meet the needs of the people we serve.

Service locations

Maine locations: Oliver Place, Bath; Bridge Crossing Academy, Bridgton; Maine Bridge Crossing, Bridgton; Maine Beacon House, Buxton; Maine Intermission, Lewiston; Maine Community Case Management Miller Terraces, Bangor; Maine Finson Road, Bangor; Maine Summit View, Bangor; Maine Sidney Riverbend, Sidney; and Maine Stetson Ranch, Stetson.