PHOTO COURTESY OF THE HERE TO HELP FOUNDATION Through the creation of the Here to Help Foundation, co-founder Bob Schwarz (left) has helped more than 9,000 Michigan residents facing emergency financial situations. Royal Oak-based nonprofit Here to Help Foundation received a $100,000 grant from the Sunshine Lady Foundation to support their recently launched Returning Hope
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The Community Relief Fund raises nearly $500,000 for area nonprofits
From The Community Foundation: The region around Fredericksburg has seen a surge in charitable contributions to create a thriving, resilient and event stronger community during the COVID-19 crisis. “The need is great,” said Teri McNally, The Community Foundation’s Executive Director, talking about the potential to make a difference for our community’s future, “but the response
January 23, 2020
Families First Awarded SLF Grant
Families First Awarded more than $200,000 January 23, 2020 by Kate Cough on EllsworthAmerican.com ELLSWORTH — A six-family apartment building that will offer transitional housing, childcare and classes on cooking and parenting to families experiencing homelessness was recently awarded two substantial grants. Families First Community Center received $175,000 from the Sunshine Lady Foundation, founded by Doris
January 22, 2020
Sunshine Lady Foundation scholar Brandon Brown to earn his graduate degree while incarcerated
First Maine inmate to enroll in graduate school conducts groundbreaking research in prison by Jordan Bailey, Jan 22, 2020 in The Portland Phoenix In 2008, 21-year-old Brandon Brown shot a man in Portland’s Old Port. He was eventually convicted of attempted murder and elevated aggravated assault, and sentenced to 17 years in prison. Now Brown is
September 16, 2019
Mary Ellen Box
The Sunshine Lady Foundation Board of Directors is grieved to announce the death of our dear dear friend and colleague Mary Ellen Box who passed away on September 16, 2019, at her home in Newport NC.
June 26, 2019
New medical complex to improve health care access
ROCKPORT — The first ceremonial shovels of dirt were turned over Wednesday, June 26, for the new Pen Bay Medical Center physician building that hospital officials said would greatly expand health care access. The two-story building will create 41,513-square-feet of office space to consolidate physicians’ offices now located along Route 1, as well as providing room
May 14, 2019
Germanna Community College holds spring commencement
May 14, 2019 By ADELE UPHAUS–CONNER THE FREE LANCE–STAR – Graduates of all ages crossed the stage at Germanna Community College’s spring commencement ceremony, held Tuesday at the University of Mary Washington’s Anderson Center—but Lucas Mosiniak, 18, was among the youngest. After collecting his associate’s degree this week, he’ll graduate from Spotsylvania High School
Twenty inmates graduate college at Maine State Prison
Jan. 15, 2019 by WGME WARREN (WGME) — Twenty inmates at the Maine State Prison graduated from college Tuesday, complete with cap and gown. It was a celebration filled with pomp and circumstance, and in the middle of it all was Leo Hylton.
October 30, 2018
Spectrum Youth & Family Services reopens youth shelter
News Release Oct. 30, 2018 — Spectrum Youth & Family Services SPECTRUM REOPENS YOUTH WARMING SHELTER Buffett Family Donates Funds BURLINGTON, VT (Oct 30, 2018) – This Thursday marks the re-opening of Spectrum’s youth warming shelter, a 10-bed, temporary shelter for youth ages 18-24 during the winter months. The shelter will again operate in the parish
October 20, 2018
Former Inmate Says Prisons Need Reform
Oct. 20, 2018 By Christopher Williams, Sun Journal Staff Writer LEWISTON — Maine’s prisons are less equipped in preparing inmates for re-entry to the outside world than they were two decades ago, an expert in prison reform says. “The philosophy in punishment has changed,” said Joseph Jackson of Lisbon Falls, who heads up the Maine Prisoner