“Maine Water and its employees are pleased to again provide for the hungry and children in need in the communities the company serves across the state of Maine,” said Maine Water, in a news release.

The support comes in the form of food pantry donations and warm winter coats for children.

Maine Water’s Coats for Kids program is an employee funded program to purchase brand new coats for kids who otherwise may go cold this winter. This year, employees contributed toward the purchase of 154 new winter jackets – an all-time high since the program’s inception in 2013. The coats were distributed to the following organizations:

• Hartland Children’s Holiday Fund
• Bucksport Community Concerns
• Knox County Homeless Coalition
• Millinocket Schools
• Rockland Schools
• Skowhegan Schools

Maine Water employees stretch the donated funds by shopping off-season and at clearance sales. Shopping for 2023 will begin in just a few weeks. With this year’s coat donations it brings a total number of coats donated to nearly 1,000.

Additionally, the company donated over $7,800 to 18 food pantries in Maine Water service communities as well as donating $600 in food goods to the Skowhegan Boxes of Giving to assist Maine School Administrative District #54 families in need during the December Holiday Break.

In 2022, the company also funded $7,500 in scholarships for graduating high school seniors in the communities served by Maine Water.

“Maine Water and its employees are dedicated to be being a force for good in the communities that we are privileged to serve,” said Maine Water Vice President Mark Vannoy. “Every day, our 80 passionate and dedicated water professionals, who live and work in communities across Maine, show their commitment to serve their neighbors.”

Charitable donations are funded by the company and its employee, and not paid for by customers.