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Sponsored by: The Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers
Updated: September 23, 2019 2019 Giving Guide

The Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers

2020 Goals

The Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers is a thriving nonprofit with more than 120 years of experience providing essential services and care for children, youth and families across the state of Maine. We are continuing to make enhancements to the Dorothy ‘Bibby’ Alfond Campus in Waterville for long-term development. We are increasing the marketing & branding of our Adoption services; evolving methods to share our parenting education tools and supports across the state; expanding awareness and support for children that have been impacted by Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) through our Counseling Program, through training in Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®) and creating a much larger counseling center.

We are expanding supports that ‘build and strengthen families and their children, instilling hope for the future and a better quality of life’ through our six programs:

  • George J. and Mary S. Mitchell Adoption Unit
  • Harland A. Turner Family Counseling Center
  • Sharon Abrams Teen Parent School Program
  • The Children’s Place Early Care and Education Center
  • Summer Camp Scholarship Program
  • Christmas Program

Fundraising events/Opportunities

The MCH fundraising includes concerts, the Friends of The Maine Children’s Home Yard Sale and Lobster Roll Lunch, gift drives with local schools, businesses and supporters. The board hosts three major fundraising events annually:

  • The Annual Dinner is in January with a dinner, silent auction and the Annual Fund kick-off.
  • Wine and Beer Tasting on May 15th with heavy hors d’oeuvres, local Maine wine & beer sampling and silent and live auction in Oakland.
  • In September, we host a fundraiser for the Sharon Abrams Teen Parent School Program with the Low XII Central Maine chapter Widows Sons Masonic Riders Association. Supporters, program alumni and participants, staff and friends will join us for a BBQ lunch with presentations from past and present teen parents as well as a silent auction.

Corporate support is essential to our annual fundraising. Call (207) 872-0261 for more information.

Giving Opportunities

  • Our established development program welcomes legacy gift planning opportunities, donations of stock, art, and other charitable gifts.
  • Corporate sponsorships of MCH events are available, which offers broad exposure with advertising and promotions on our website, event materials and in email and print newsletters.
  • Direct-mail appeals are sent in January for the Red Stocking Annual Fund (supporting more than 3,500 children, youth and families in 2019), in April for Summer Camp Scholarships (Over 70 youth were sent to camp in 2019) and a Red Stocking Appeal in October which supports all six of our programs.
  • In-kind donations of new books, games, clothing or toys are needed to meet all the needs of the Christmas boxes for youth across Maine.

Volunteer Opportunities

We welcome over 300 volunteers annually from local schools, colleges, civic clubs and businesses to complete activities and projects for our Waterville campus.

  • Join the Friends of The Maine Children’s Home to provide support for The Maine Children’s Home. The Friends are goodwill ambassadors that help promote and carry out fundraising activities as well as provide resources to help grow and maintain MCH’s six core programs.
  • Assist our Christmas Program by sorting and packing more than 1,700 children’s gift boxes each year.
  • Read to the 36 children at our Children’s Place Early Care and Education Center.
  • Serve on the board or other planning and development committees.

Call (207) 873-4253 to find out how your group can lend a hand to The Maine Children’s Home.

Leadership

Richard Dorian: Executive Director
Dan Booth: Board President; Vice President, Northern Light Inland Hospital

Board officers

Meghan Loubier: 1st Vice President; Branch Manager/Residential Mortgage Lender, Skowhegan Savings Bank

Melissa Higgins: 2nd Vice President; VP/CFO, Northeast Laboratory Services, Inc.

Leo Berube: Treasurer; Director of Maintenance and Engineering, SAPPI Somerset Mill

Jean Sawyer: Secretary/Clerk; Retired

Linette Gamache: Immediate Past-President Owner, Stylist, The Mane Management Salon


Board Members

Ellen Crocker: Retired

Ronda Ducret: Retired

Angela Gibbs: VP, Quality, Risk & Compliance, Northern Light Inland Hospital

Kirstin McQuillan: Real Estate Broker, Century 21 Nason Realty

Cheryl Mercier: Special Services Administrator, RSU 18

Michelle Fortin Nadeau: Customer Service Manager, Fortin’s Home Furnishings

Dan Santos: Membership Development Manager, Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce

Bart Stevens: Owner, Century 21 Nason Realty

At a glance

Established: 1899
Employees: 37
Annual revenue: $2,066,337

Top funding sources

Adoption/counseling/case management and childcare fees: 46%
Donor contributions: 17%
In-kind and donated services: 14%
Grants: 11%
Trusts: 6%
Investments: 5%
United Way: 1%
Rental income: 1%

Contact

93 Silver St.
Waterville, ME 04901
(207) 873-4253

www.mainechildrenshome.org
www.facebook.com/mechildrenshome
www.twitter.com/mechildrenshome
www.instagram.com/mechildrenshome

Awards/Accolades

Over 120 years of social work and counseling excellence for children, youth and families

2016, 2017, 2018, & 2019 Four-Star Charity Recognition from Charity Navigator for Fiscal Responsibility

The only Maine-based Hague-Accredited Agency providing International Adoption Services.

Maine DHHS Licenses for Early Care and Education, Outpatient Counseling and Adoption Services

Mission Statement

To build and strengthen families and their children, instilling hope for the future and a better quality of life.

Service Locations

Although the majority of the children, youth and families served are from Kennebec and Somerset Counties, Adoption Services, Summer Camp Scholarships and the Christmas Program are offered across the State of Maine. Our primary campus is in Waterville with a satellite Adoption Office in Portland.