Campaign

Here are 4 ways businesses and organizations can be involved:

Organize a Workplace Campaign

United Way workplace campaigns are about bringing people in local workplaces together to tackle our community's most difficult issues in the areas of education, financial stability, and health. Whether you're a small business, major corporation or even a nonprofit, you can join the hundreds of local businesses and organizations that run workplace campaigns each year.
Benefits:

Build Your Team: Engaging employees in a community partnership strengthens talent retention, boosts morale, and provides staff development opportunities.
Build Your Business: Community involvement helps you reach a broader audience. You can see increased sales and improved client relationships.
Build Your Reputation: Community focus strengthens you as an industry and community leader with stakeholders, employees, and customers.

United Way will help you design a campaign to meet your needs. (See below).

Corporate Gifts

By investing your corporate charitable dollars with United Way, you get a partner who:

Directs your gift in a targeted, measurable way.
Supports dozens of the best local programs run by non-profit agencies that meet or exceed United Way standards.
Brings together top corporate leaders who recognize that a healthy community is good for business.

Support Employee Volunteerism

Individuals and groups can make a difference in your community and help bring about the change they want to see by volunteering for a cause or organization that shares their ideals.Volunteering not only provides the satisfaction of making a difference - it can offer other benefits, such as:

Learning new skills
Meeting new people, including business contacts
Providing a sense of worth, satisfaction, and making a difference.

Loaned Executive Program

Loaned Executives are individuals “loaned” to United Way from an organization or sponsored with funds from local companies. Loaned Executives function as extensions of the United Way fundraising staff in coordinating employee campaigns and soliciting employee pledges throughout Mid Coast Maine during the Campaign. Loaned Executives build leadership, communication, and teamwork skills while assisting local employers in planning, implementing, and managing successful United Way workplace campaigns. Serving as United Way spokespeople, Loaned Executives convey the mission, vision, and values of United Way to the community.

Companies that offer Loaned Executives and/or sponsor Loaned Executives include L.L.Bean, Hannaford, Norway Savings Bank, BIW, Local S6, Bath Savings Institution, and FHC, Inc.

If you are interested in any of these involvement options, please contact us at 207-443-9752 or info@uwmcm.org.

There are many advantages to running a United Way workplace campaign:

United Way of Mid Coast Maine offers a simple, convenient, and efficient way for your employees to support the community and causes they believe in.
Your employees may give in regular increments with easy payroll deduction.
A workplace campaign will help your company to achieve its Corporate Social Responsibility goals.
Your employees will be able to tap into a wealth of volunteer opportunities and receive information about what is happening in their community, including the free, confidential referral system 2-1-1.

We will provide you with all the tools and support you need.

United Way of Mid Coast Maine is a tested leader in workplace giving and we thoroughly vet our nonprofit members annually to ensure we provide donors with access to the most effective nonprofit organizations in the area.

Through a workplace campaign your employees will experience the satisfaction of seeing their donations turn into programs and services that create impact on people’s lives. When they see the needle moving on important social issues in our community, they will know your company or organization helped to make a difference and they will feel proud of their collective accomplishments.

United Way of Mid Coast Maine will partner with you to develop a customized fundraising campaign that aligns with your corporate values, as well as the particular interests of your employees. We will provide training and support to assist you in building your fundraising team and running an effective campaign. We will provide you with the tools and resources needed to be successful.

2022 Campaign Cabinet

2021 Corporate Contributors

Crow's Nest - $50,000+

Main Royal - $10,000-$49,999

Main Sail - $5,000-$9,999

Spinnaker - $3,000-$4,999

Rudder - $1,000-$2,999

Bangor Savings Bank
Burgess Technology Services
Dead River Company
First Federal Savings
First National Bank
Five County Credit Union
Fogg Art Restoration
Goodwin's Chevrolet
H.M. Payson & Co.
JHR Development of Maine, LLC
KeyBank
M.W. Sewall & Company
Maine Community Bank
Mid Coast-Parkview Health
Tidewater Telecom

Anchor - $500-$999

Pacific Life Foundation
Casco Bay Title, LLC.
Boucher Perkins Campbell Paradis
Ray Labbe and Sons, Inc.
McTeague Higbee
Rotary Club of Bath Sunrise
Lajoie Brothers, Inc.

If you would like to learn more about starting a workplace campaign in your company or organization, or need assistance running your campaign, please contact us 207-443-9752.

The Campaign Cabinet are volunteer community leaders who have a passion for the United Way mission and want to help us reach our fundraising goal. The Cabinet is comprised of new and returning members, and include:

Mara Pennell, Campaign Chair, Bath Savings Institution
Steve Bailey, Maine School Management Association
Kelly Creamer, LincolnHealth
Karry Kane, Norway Savings Bank
Jon Larssen, Mid Coast-Parkview Health
Patrick Manuel, RSU 1
Tara McCannell, L.L.Bean
Bob and Barb McCue
Karianne Merry, Bath Iron Works
Chris Szalay, Catholic Charities SEARCH
Cindy Tucci, L.L.Bean
Barbara Tuttle, Bath Savings Institution