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• The Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers Raises over $15,000 to Send Kids to Summer Camp
• Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers Earns Full Hague Accreditation
• Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers Launches New Website
• Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers Named Community Organization of the Year
• Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers Hosts 3rd Annual Easter Egg Hunt
• Second Annual Ray Haskell Ford & Hafford's Restaurant Ice Fishing Derby Raises $2,500 for The Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers
• Maine Adoption Program Clears Up Misconceptions Surrounding the Adoption of Haitian Children Orphaned by 'Quake

Recent News

• Portland Sea Dogs Honor The Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers

  On August 6th, Executive Director, Sharon Abrams, accompanied by her 12 year-old grandson Jacob, threw out the first pitch at the Portland Sea Dogs baseball game. The event was coordinated by the staff at Nancy Marshall Communications and the Portland Sea Dogs as a way to honor the agency for their recent Hague accreditation.

• Seafood and Meat Raffle

  On June 28, The Calumet Club in Augusta hosted a Seafood and Meat Raffle with all proceeds benefiting the "Walk For Camp" program.

• Teen Parent School Program Graduates Five Seniors

  Five senior girls earned their high school diploma through Waterville High School’s Alternative Education Program. 
  
  The Teen Parent School Program has been serving pregnant and parenting teen girls for 37 years.  Each year, approximately 20 young women are enrolled in the program. The goal of the program is to empower these young mothers to become nurturing parents, good role models to their children, and productive, responsible citizens. The TPSP provides highly skilled and individualized services to the students including counseling, case management to help them access housing, transportation, and other basic necessities. The students also receive on-premises childcare, support and crisis intervention for problems that can occur in the day-to-day existence of a teen parent.

  Waterville Public School’s Alternative Education Program works in conjunction with the TPSP and is located on our campus at 93 Silver Street in Waterville.

  What is remarkable this year is that all five seniors will be continuing their education this September.  Four girls have been accepted at Kennebec Valley Community College and one will be attending Southern Maine Community College.  This is the first time that all the graduating seniors will be attending college.

  A small scholarship endowment fund has been created by some of our donors. Seniors may apply for a $1,000 scholarship to help them with some of their college expenses. This year, three scholarships were awarded.

• The Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers featured on Time Warner Cable’s Maine Street

  In May, The Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers announced the Council on Accreditation (COA) has granted the agency's application for Full Hague Accreditation. Recently, Mike Edgecomb, host of Maine Street on Time Warner Cable interviewed Caroline Hutchinson, Social Worker/Trainer Consultant at the Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers about what the accreditation means for the agency. As part of the interview, Mike also asked Caroline about the current for the “Walk for Camp” fundraising program and the agency’s brand new website.
  
  The interview aired on Time Warner Cable on Thursday, June 3 at 7:30 p.m.

• Walk for Camp

  Thursday, May 20, 2010
  93 Silver Street, Waterville & Commerce Center, Augusta
  
  The annual Walk for Camp fundraiser in Waterville and Augusta took place Thursday, May 20 to help sponsor children to go to camp who would otherwise be unable to go.

• Maine Children's Home Earns Social Service Group Award from Alfond Youth Center.

  On May 19, Sharon Abrams, executive director at of the Maine Children's Home accepted the Social Service Group Award at the Alfond Youth Center's 11th annual Appeal Awards Dinner. The Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers received the award in part for providing 20 overnight camp scholarships in 2009 to local children so they could attend overnight at Camp Tracy. The full Hague accredited adoption agency provides counseling and staff at the Alfond Center's after-care program; and is involved in partnerships with the Alfond Youth Center to help improves the lives of children and families. Pictured: Sharon Abrams (left) receives the award from Donald Marden  1st Vice Chair of the Board for the Social Service Group Award.

• Maine Children's Home receives Hague Accreditation
  
  

• Wine Tasting Fundraiser

  On April 29, the Grandeur Sun Banquet and Conference Center in Waterville hosted a wine tasting to benefit The Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers. The event included champagne & hors d'oeuvres, a wine tasting tour conducted by Pine State Beverage Company, plus a raffle and silent auction. Guests also received two complimentary Riedel wine glasses.