Additional Information
My Place Teen Center
My Place Teen Center is a free, positive youth development program that specializes in instilling grit, and alleviating hunger and trauma. The two most important services provided are:
1) Free, positive youth development programming
2) Daily meals
Locker Project
This organization has the simple goal of allowing every student access to nourishing food at snack time. In partnership with the Good Shepherd Food Bank, the Locker Project provides nutritional food for Maine children who are food-insecure, both during the day and for take-home, at the cost of $150 per child per year.
Boots 2 Roots
Boots2Roots is the only Maine nonprofit specifically focused on connecting with soon-to-be veterans before they come to Maine. It helps them prepare for a successful transition to civilian life and personally and proactively assists vets in executing that plan.
- Employment search.
- Resume and interview skills development to sell your capabilities.
- Employer networking.
- Resource connections (veteran’s organizations, realtors, education resources, training opportunities, etc.).
Preble Street
The mission of Preble Street is to provide accessible barrier-free services to empower people experiencing problems with homelessness, housing, hunger, and poverty, and to advocate for solutions to these problems.
Olympia Snowe Women’s Leadership Institute
Launched in 2015, the Institute focuses on helping young women develop the leadership, collaboration and problem solving skills to reach their full potential. Every year offers an intensive one day kick-off session followed by monthly meetings with trained advisors and ongoing communication through a private online community.
The three-year, evidence based program covers three themes:
- My Values – Sophomore year
- My Voice – Junior year
- My Vision – Senior year
