MMHSS News
Welcome to Our New Board Members
We’re honored to welcome two talented and compassionate individuals to our volunteer board of directors.
Samantha Burdick was born and raised in Central Maine, and “boomeranged” back after college. She has a bachelor’s degree
from Northeastern University and a master’s from the University of Southern Maine. She spends a significant amount of her time advocating and working with community organizations serving on the board of Main Street Skowhegan, United Way of Kennebec Valley, Waterville Sunrise Rotary, KV Connect, and the Waterville Planning Board.
Kelly Rancourt has been volunteering at the shelter since 2005, starting
when we were located on Ticonic Street. She and her husband have cooked Thanksgiving dinner at MMHSS for the past five years! When she isn’t volunteering or working at Kennebec Savings Bank, she likes
traveling and trying new restaurants with her husband!
Press Release
Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter and Services was chosen as one of seventeen recipients for a grant from Maine Housing, and will receive $696,000. We plan to use this money to purchase a second building that can be operated as an offsite warming center. This will allow us to serve more individuals in our shelter on Colby Street, as well as more individuals in need of our warming center. This past year, we served an average of 17 people each night in our warming center, in addition to our regular guests. The need is there and growing.
“MaineHousing is pleased to announce it has awarded more than $16.3 million in state grant funding for 17 different housing and shelter projects across the state. In total, these initiatives will support housing and shelter for more than 500 people in Maine who are experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity.
…The funding for these projects comes from Governor Janet Mills’ Winter Emergency Energy Relief Plan, which passed with the broad bipartisan support of the Maine Legislature in January. In addition to the funding announced today, the Governor’s plan also included funding for short-term overnight warming shelters, for which $1 million to fund 13 shelters was awarded in February.”
(Excerpt from: https://mainehousing.org/news/newsdetail/2023/03/23/mainehousing-awards—16.3-millionfor-shelter-and-housing-supports-statewide)