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V O L . X X V I N O. X X I I 76 G I V I N G G U I D E 2 0 2 0 – 2 0 21 N O N P RO F I T P RO F I L E BOARD OFFICERS Lori Carter, Board Vice-Chair: Consultant, Insurance Compliance and Product Development Cheryl Hinkson, Board Secretary: Director of Operations, Hannaford Paul Pellerin, Board Treasurer: CPA, Simensky Engstrom and Associates BOARD MEMBERS Martha Gaythwaite: Partner, Verrill Theresa Cloutier: SVP Marketing & Customer Experience , DMM Amy Clearwater: VP for Narrative Development, Citibank My Place Teen Center 2021 GOALS We have a singular goal: Raise $4.5MM so that we may open a second location in York County. Why? We are at the forefront of some of the most crucial issues of our time. f We fight to keep kids safe from the devastation of the opioid epidemic. f We combat poverty and food insecurity. f We create real, authentic communities with kids from diverse backgrounds, teaching them how to be good citi- zens and good neighbors. f We show teens from broken homes that there is a better way to live life – with accountability, personal respon- sibility, and self-care. f We're not just raising kids, we're rais- ing the next generation of adults, and they're headed your way! It matters whom they are now, and whom they become as adults. The three most important things we do: 1. Provide food - daily meals and snacks 2. Provide a teen oasis 3. Instill GRIT via character develop- ment, academic support, mentoring, civic engagement, and life skills. e mettle of a kid's heart and will is IT. #tinySTRONG GIVING OPPORTUNITIES General programming support allows us to allocate the funding the best way we see fit to: (1) address urgent and emerging issues such as a pandemic(!); (2) protect our organization with the presence of some reserves; (3) invest in technology and other infrastructure; (4) strengthen communications and fundraising efforts; and, (5) plan for expansion of program- ming and location. Via unrestricted funds, we can pay a util- ity bill, maintain our 10,000-square-foot, 153-year-old building, pay the accoun- tant, purchase fresh produce and pro- teins for dinners, take the kids on field trips, increase staffing, and be agile to our changing needs and dynamics. Your general support gives MPTC the ability to invest flexibly in our own sustainabil- ity, make the gaping hole, whole, and enhance our operational efficiency – in normal times AND in exceptional times. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES MPTC's ability to recruit and retain a viable volunteer workforce of car- ing adults is key to sustaining our daily operations. Our retention rate is over 80%, and many of our volunteers have served for four years or more. Community volunteers either come in weekly, biweekly, or monthly. Some of the volunteers plan or run programs from one of our five categories: Health and Well- ness, Social/Emotional Competencies, Established: 1998 / Employees: 10 / Annual Revenue: $768,000 TOP FUNDING SOURCES 56% Foundations 19% Corporate 12% Individual Donations 8.5% United Way CONTACT Donna Dwyer 755 Main St., Westbrook, ME 04092 (207) 854-2800 donna@myplaceteencenter.org www.myplaceteencenter.org mptcwestbrook @MyPlaceTeenCtr MISSION STATEMENT Opened in 1998, My Place Teen Center is a nonprofit afterschool oasis for youth, ages 10-18, based in Westbrook with a second location to be opened in Biddeford, January 2022 – contingent on securing adequate funding. We are a year-round, free, positive youth develop- ment program specializing in cultivating grit and alleviating hunger and trauma. SERVICE LOCATIONS Greater Portland and York county Donna Dwyer, CEO Rev. Tim Higgins, Board Chair: St. Ann's Episcopal Church AT A GLANCE Character/Civic Engagement, Workforce Readiness, and STEAM. Other volun- teers come in to assist with homework or to just interact and play games. Kitchen volunteers come in on a cer- tain day every week and cook, serve and clean-up dinner. ey also work with the teens to prep food and set up the dining room. HOW WE ADAPTED DURING COVID-19 Like so many, as of mid-March, normal operations at MPTC drastically changed. We knew we had to continue to support our teens and their families, so within 48 hours, we pivoted from our mission, to what we imagined would happen, and did happen, to meet the surging and urgent demand for food and home care — Plan B. From March 16 to the end of August, we procured, prepared, packed and delivered close to 22,000 free dinners plus 5,000 snack/hygiene products/pantry staples. Never in our wildest imagina- tions did we think we would undertake, or accomplish, such a brazen endeavor — especially since so many things in the outside world were so topsy-turvy. is fall, we will continue with our daily food pantry and our regular programming. P H O T O S / C O U R T E S Y M Y P L A C E T E E N C E N T E R