First-Ever Annual Report!

Hot off the (virtual) presses—our first Annual Report! Inside you’ll find a summary of all we’ve able to accomplish in the past year thanks to the generous support of donors throughout our community, and meet a couple of the kids who call MPTC *their* place. We need to raise $65,000 by the end of our fiscal year, June 30. Can you help us? Please

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Thank You!

Kudos and many thanks to TD Charitable Foundation for their recent gift! The $1,000 award will support Board development initiatives. Intermed supported our Fund a Kid campaign with a $250 gift! Thank you very much!


Harcros Chemicals, Inc., Westbrook, ME, Awarded $10,000 to MPTC’s Fund a Kid Campaign!

Disability RMS, Westbrook, ME, awarded $5,000 to MPTC’s Fund a Kid Campaign and $5,000 for MPTC’s renovation fund! Maine Community Foundation Awards: The Edward H. Daveis Benevolent Fund of the Maine Community Foundation approved a grant for $7,500 for MPTC’s Youth Leadership Academy to promote leadership and life skills excellence. The Directors of the Maine Community Foundation approved an advised grant for $6,425 to

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Teen Center Receives Van from Business

Originally posted on www.wcsh6.com WESTBROOK, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — You know those car commercials where someone gets a car with a big red bow on it? That actually happened to a non-profit in Westbrook Monday. Idexx surprised the staff and teens at My Place Teen Center with a van. It will provide a vehicle to pick up more than fifteen hundred pounds of food

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Westbrook Teen Center Receives Van Full of Gifts – and the Van

Originally posted on The Portland Press Herald By Leslie Bridgers lbridgers@pressherald.com The My Place Teen Center holiday party Monday had an unexpected guest. In a surprise announcement, Idexx Laboratories presented the Westbrook teen center with a van full of gifts — and the keys to it. The 2005 Chevrolet G350 is a hand-me-down from the Westbrook company, which was getting ready to retire the

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Updates Set for Teen Center

Originally Posted: Thursday, December 12, 2013 9:22 pm www.keepmecurrent.com By Andrew Rice arice@keepmecurrent.com WESTBROOK – My Place Teen Center, a growing resource for Westbrook children to receive hot meals and after-school services, is in the process of raising more than $463,000 for renovations to its aging building, located at 755 Main St. The center, which celebrated its 15th anniversary in May, hopes to replace

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Q&A with Tori Stenbak

Originally Posted: Thursday, December 12, 2013 on http://www.keepmecurrent.com By Andrew Rice arice@keepmecurrent.com Tori Stenbak, the new program coordinator at Westbrook’s My Place Teen Center, has recently transitioned her field of work from private law practice to public service, and she couldn’t seem happier. The 36-year-old native of Etna graduated from Keene State College in New Hampshire and the University of Maine School of Law

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Businesses Get Creative, Brighten the Holidays at Local Teen Center

IDEXX Laboratories, Unum and FairPoint Communications are providing gifts and food for >100 teens to enjoy at the My Place Teen Center (MPTC) annual holiday party. IDEXX is also providing a major donation to this important community resource that will fulfill a significant need and allow these teens access to more programs. For more Information: Betsy Richards Manager, Business Communications for IDEXX 207-329-1488


My Place Teen Center Receives $200,000 – $100,000 each from Hannaford and the Cornelia Warren Community Association – to Renovate Center

Westbrook, Maine, December 2, 2013 – My Place Teen Center (MPTC) today announced it has received $200,000 in donations: $100,000 each from the Hannaford Charitable Foundation and the Cornelia Warren Community Association. The money will be used to make much needed improvements to the center’s 100-year old building. “Since 1998, thousands of teens have walked through our red doors to find hope, love, hot

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2013 Fund a Kid Campaign

Please consider sponsoring one, or some, of our phenomenal youth. And here’s why: Kids served – Fiscal Year 2012 = 441 different youth. Fiscal Year 2013 = 522 different youth – an increase of 18% of kids served and an 8% increase in meals provided. All of our services, special events, and meals are free to the youth that we serve. For a sponsorship

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