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Sponsored by: My Place Teen Center
Updated: September 27, 2021 2021 Giving Guide

My Place Teen Center

2022 Goals

We are seeking $1.5MM to renovate 75 Bacon Street in Biddeford and open up a second MPTC site – Saco is a temporary location.

We know that expanded learning opportunities after school and during the summer months play an essential role in determining a child’s future success, particularly among low-income and special student populations. Since students spend only 20 percent of their waking hours in the traditional classroom, students must access high-quality out-of-school-time programming that supports academic success, promotes healthy social and emotional development, and prevents youth violence.

MPTC’s overarching goal is to provide a safe, structured place for kids to develop resiliency, hope, and opportunities to have positive life-learning and academic-enriching experiences. Of particular focus are those young people who have fewer social, family, and economic resources. MPTC responds to the urgent need to get students to stay in school, yearn for something beyond their present moment, and teach social responsibility equivalent to its mission.

Giving Opportunities

Operations support allows us to allocate the funding the best way we see fit to:

  • Address urgent and emerging issues such as a pandemic(!).
  • Protect our organization with the presence of some reserves.
  • Invest in technology and other infrastructures.
  • Strengthen communications and fundraising efforts.
  • Plan for expansion of programming and location.

Via unrestricted funds, we can pay a utility bill, maintain our 10,000 square foot, 153-year-old building, hire an accountant, purchase fresh produce and proteins for dinners, increase staffing, and be agile to our changing needs and dynamics. Your gift gives MPTC the ability to invest flexibly in our sustainability, make the gaping hole whole, and enhance our operational efficiency – in regular times AND in exceptional times.

Volunteer Opportunities

MPTC’s ability to recruit and retain a viable volunteer workforce of caring adults is key to sustaining our daily operations. Our retention rate is over 80%, and many of our volunteers have served for five years or more.

Volunteers either come in weekly, biweekly, or monthly. Some volunteers plan or run programs from one of our five categories: Health and Wellness, Social/Emotional Competencies, Character/Civic Engagement, Workforce Readiness, or STEAM. Other volunteers come in to assist with homework or to interact and play games. Kitchen volunteers come in on a particular day every week and cook, serve, and clean up dinner. We LOVE our family of volunteers!

Leadership

Donna Dwyer, CEO
Rev. Tim Higgins, Board Chair: St. Ann’s Episcopal Church

Board officers

Lori Carter, Board Vice-Chair: Consultant, Insurance Compliance and Product Development

Cheryl Hinkson, Board Secretary: Director of Operations, Hannaford

Paul Pellerin, Board Treasurer: CPA, Simensky Engstrom and Associates


Board Members

Martha Gaythwaite: Partner, Verrill

Theresa Cloutier: SVP Marketing & Customer Experience, DMM

Amy Clearwater: VP for Narrative Development, Citibank

At a Glance:

Established: 1998
Employees: 14
Annual Revenue: $1.1 million

Top funding sources

65% Foundations
18% Individual Donations
15% Corporate
2% United Way

Mission Statement

Opened in 1998, My Place Teen Center is a nonprofit afterschool oasis for youth, ages 10-24, based in Westbrook and Saco. We are a year-round, free, positive youth development program specializing in cultivating grit and alleviating hunger and trauma.

Contact

Westbrook
755 Main St.,
Westbrook, ME 04092

Saco
4 Scamman Street,
Unit 32, Saco, ME 04072

(207) 854-2800

https://www.myplaceteencenter.org
https://www.facebook.com/mptcwestbrook
https://www.twitter.com/MyPlaceTeenCtr

Service locations

Greater Portland and York County