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Sponsored by: Center for Grieving Children
Updated: September 23, 2019 2019 Giving Guide

Center for Grieving Children

2020 Goals

Our vision is that all children and families in Southern Maine will have access to grief support free of charge for as long as necessary. We want every person in Southern Maine to know about the Center’s services so that no child has to grieve alone.

Goal 1: Provide and maintain high-quality, direct-service grief-support programs for children and their families.

Goal 2: Support schools, workplaces and agencies through crisis response services and by providing grief-related education and training.

Goal 3: Expand program offerings in Southern Maine to accommodate the growing number of participants.

Goal 4: Lead community response to challenges and emerging needs related to supporting grieving children and families.

Goal 5: Meaningfully recognize the volunteers, donors and business sponsors who keep the Center’s services free for families.

Fundraising events/Opportunities

Event sponsorships offer great visibility benefits and volunteer opportunities for your employees.

Love Really Counts: Our annual auction and dinner gala, Feb. 7, 2020

  • Wonderful venue! Join us this year at Brick South at Thompson’s Point
  • Valet parking
  • A must attend, sell-out event!
  • A variety of sponsorship levels and volunteer opportunities are available.

Giving Opportunities

Gifts to the Center keep our services free for children and families during the most difficult losses, changes and challenges imaginable.

  • Dependable revenue is created by gifts to the Annual Fund.
  • Corporate Partners invest in a relationship with great returns for businesses, employees, the community and the Center.
  • Contributions are made to the Center in memory or honor of a staff member or loved one, or to mark a special occasion or company milestone.
  • Bequests leave a legacy of support, by joining the Bill Hemmens Society, ensuring our services will be available for children and families for years to come.
  • Friends of Hope is our monthly giving program, to spread giving throughout the year.
  • Giving on Children’s Grief Awareness Day – Nov. 21, 2019

Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteers are at the heart of the Center’s service and work throughout the community.

  • Facilitators make a weekly commitment to our peer-based grief support groups for children and their adult family members. The Center provides excellent training and ongoing support.
  • Event volunteers help make our fundraising events successful. We welcome individuals and groups of employees to assist at our events.
  • Office volunteers assist with a variety of projects on a one-time or ongoing basis.
  • Employee volunteer groups can hold their own fundraiser to benefit the Center or complete special projects in collaboration with the Center.

Leadership

Anne Heros: Executive Director
Julie Grosvenor, MD: Board President; Physician & Associate Chief Medical Officer, Southern Maine Health Center

Board officers

Peter Herzog: Immediate Past Board President; Shareholder, Bernstein Shur

Mary Larkin: Board Vice President; President, Diversified Communications

Kevin Chase: Board Treasurer; Audit Manager, Baker Newman Noyes

Robert Baldacci: Board Secretary; Consultant, Baldacci Consulting Group


Board members

Abdullahi Ahmed, PhD: Assistant Principal, Deering High School

Sandra Bagwell, MD: Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Maine Medical Center

Jenilee Bryant: Marketing Director, Two Lights Settlement

Christopher Cimino: Executive Vice President, C.M. Cimino, Inc.

Peter DeWitt: Head of Talent Marketing and Community Relations, IDEXX

Katherine Hogan: Vice President/Sales Agent, Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty

John Holland: Retired, Director, Sappi Fine Paper

William Kany: Senior Vice President, Director of Legal & Government Affairs, Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution

Thomas Kelly: Vice President, Finance, Hannaford Supermarkets

Catherine Lamson: Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, MEMIC

Sara McLaughlin: Independent Accounting/Finance Consultant

Nicola Morris: Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, WEX, Inc.

Diana Nelson: Principal, Black Fly Media

Jeannine Pendergast: Senior ESOP Client Advisor, Spinnaker Trust

Mark Pettingill: President & CEO, Patrons Oxford Insurance

Gerard Salvo: Senior Human Resources Manager, TideSmart Global

Shikha Vasaiwala: Business Support Specialist, KMA Human Resources Consulting

Cindy Williams: News Anchor, Tegna WCSH6

Mike Wilson: Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer, Great Falls Marketing

At a glance

Established: 1987
Employees: 14
Annual revenue: $1,039,435 (FY ’17–’18)

Top funding sources

Individuals: 44%
Events: 33%
Grants: 18%
Other: 5%

Contact

555 Forest Ave.
Portland, ME 04101
(207) 775-5216

893 Main St.
Sanford, ME 04073
(207) 775-5216

cgcmaine.org
www.facebook.com/cgcmaine
www.instagram.com/cgcmaine

Awards/Accolades

2018 Portland Phoenix Best Non-Profit Award; 2019 Maine Education Association’s Human and Civil Rights Award

Mission Statement

The Center provides loving support that encourages the safe expression of grief and loss and fosters each individual’s resilience and emotional well-being. We serve more than 4,000 grieving children, teens, families and adults in Southern Maine annually through free peer support, outreach and education.

Service Locations

Peer support groups are available weekly in Portland and Sanford, with Center training, education and crisis response available to schools, workplaces and other organizations throughout Southern Maine.