CAMDEN — As it enters its 80th year, the Board of United Midcoast Charities announced this year’s grants will provide $500,000 to 39 agencies providing the basic needs of food, housing, health & safety, and economic security to residents here in Knox and Waldo counties. 

“Thanks to the strong support from our donors,” said UMC President John Viehman, in a news release, “we not only reached our grantmaking goal, we’ll also be able to fully fund our Urgent Needs Grants. That means there will be reserve funding for needs that arise outside our annual grants cycle.”

A celebratory breakfast sponsored by The Samoset Resort is scheduled in early September.

Viehman adds: “It’s inspiring to see so many agencies gathered together in one place and to feel the exponential impact they have on our friends and neighbors in need here in the Midcoast!”

This year’s recipients grouped by focus area include:

FOOD
AIO Food Pantry
Belfast Soup Kitchen
Come Spring Food Pantry
Knox County Gleaners
MCH Inc. - Meals on Wheels
No Greater Love Food Pantry
St. Bernard’s Soup Kitchen
The Kindness Programs

HOUSING
Coastal Opportunities

Knox County Homeless Coalition
Midcoast Habitat for Humanity
Midcoast Recovery Coalition

HEALTH & SAFETY
Belfast Public Health Nursing
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Camden Area District Nursing
Coastal Family Hospice Volunteers
Finding Our Voices
Knox Clinic
Maine Youth Alliance - Game Loft
Maine Family Planning
Maine Healthcare At Home
New Hope Midcoast
Hospice Volunteers of Waldo County
OUT Maine
Rockland District Nursing Association
Sexual Assault Support Services
Soap Closet
Waldo County Dental Care
Waldo County Woodshed

ECONOMIC SECURITY
Belfast Area Child Care Services
Penobscot Bay YMCA
Penquis CAP- Head Start
Restorative Justice Project
Trekkers, Inc.
University of Maine at Augusta Rockland
Waldo CAP
Waldo County YMCA
Waterman’s Community Center
Wayfinder Schools

Founded in 1942, UMC energizes Midcoast Maine nonprofits through finance and guidance, supporting a network of resources stronger than any single organization. UMC’s primary focus areas are food, housing, health & safety, and economic security. Learn more about United Midcoast Charities by visiting www.unitedmidcoastcharities.org or call 207-236-2299.