OUR FIVE IMPACT AREAS

Thriving Families / Successful Children-Success By 6:
Supporting families and ensuring children are ready to succeed when they enter school, as well as beyond.
* 16% of children in Androscoggin County live in poverty.

A Dynamic Community:
Promoting, supporting, enhancing independence and self-sufficiency
* 49% of local residents cannot read higher than a sixth grade level.

Meeting Basic Needs:
Ensuring individuals and families have food, shelter, clothing and access to services that promote physical and mental well-being.
* 60 people in our community are homeless on any given night.

Life-Long Learning:
Promoting opportunities for job training, education, collaboration and volunteerism.
* In 2004, 200 high school students in our county dropped out of school.

Personal and Community Safety:
Advocating that individuals and families are safe and protected at all times
* Over 3,000 crimes were committed in Androscoggin County last year.

United Way of Androscoggin County | 66 Ash Street, PO Box 888, Lewiston, ME 04243-0888 | P: 207-795-4000 F: 207-795-6100
unitedway@unitedwayandro.org

Comedian Mike Miclon
(Comedian Mike Miclon)

United Way of Androscoggin County Celebrates Campaign

On November 15, 2007, from 5p.m. - 8p.m. join United Way of Androscoggin County at Martindale Country Club for an evening of amusement, awards and entertainment celebrating the community’s support of the 2007 campaign.

The event will feature the inventive and fun physical comedy of Mike Miclon from the famed Oddfellow Theater in Buckfield, Maine. Miclon has brought his high energy antics to some of the finest theaters and venues across the United States and Europe, with highlights including the Kennedy Center and the White House in Washington D.C., the Keller Theater in Germany, the Victoria Jungfrau Hotel in Switzerland and the Festa Americana in Italy.

In addition to the entertainment, the Campaign Celebration will include dinner, raffle prizes and an awards ceremony. Price of admission for the event is $25.

During the event United Way of Androscoggin County will also announce the winners of the 2007 campaign incentives; which include an L.L. Bean Kayak package, a cruise to Bermuda and a 2007 Arctic Cat Snowmobile donated by Rowe-Auburn.