Community
Our Social Responsibility Committee is pleased to report that PeoplesChoice tracked almost 2,000 hours of total volunteer time. In 2024, the PeoplesChoice community raised funds and awareness in support of local non-profits through fundraising events such as:
- Saco Third Floor Community Space – Donated more than 50 Days per year
- In 2025, we have 6 employees with 30+ years of service, 5 of whom have 35+ years of service and another 11 with over 10 years of service.
- Along with your support in various fundraisers and initiatives, the PeoplesChoice community raised almost $50,000 in 2024, all of which gets distributed to Ending Hunger, Special Olympics, and United Way. This is in addition to the $106,000, for a total community impact of more than $150,000!
- Third year of supporting Southern Maine Agency on Aging for their heating assistance program.
- Staff Appreciation Day and Halloween Costume contest for staff and member enjoyment.
- Nearly 2,000 volunteer hours for 2024!
We are so grateful to our generous members and employees who helped us break records in our giving in 2024.
We look forward to another great year of giving and community support in 2025!
Community Support
While we at PeoplesChoice are busy participating in our own charitable events, we also contribute corporately to local non-profits in their own fundraising goals. The list of donors receiving funds every year is large – and growing:
- Amvets Ladies Auxiliary
- Angel Flight
- Autism Speaks
- Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital
- Biddeford City Theater
- Biddeford Fire Department
- Biddeford Firefighters
- Biddeford High School
- Biddeford High School Basketball
- Biddeford Hockey Boosters
- Biddeford Parks and Rec.
- Biddeford/Saco Chamber of Commerce
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
- C.K. Burns School
- Camp Sunshine
- Catholic Charities of Maine
- Community Bicycle Center
- Cub Scouts
- Dyer Library
- Easter Seals
- Eastern Trail Alliance
- Portland Sea Dogs
- Ripple Effect
- Riverside Drive Collective
- Ending Hunger
- Girls and Boys Little League
- Good Shepherd Food Pantry
- Heart Of Biddeford
- Hospice of Southern Maine
- Kiwanis Club of Sanford
- Knights of Columbus
- La Kermesse
- Life Flight
- Literacy Volunteers
- Maine Adaptive Sports
- Maine Children Cancer Fund
- Maine Fallen Heroes
- Maine Historical Society
- Maine’s Women’s Fund
- March of Dimes
- Massabesic Football
- Odyssey of the Mind
- Open Hands Open Hearts
- Outdoors Again
- Biddeford Disc Golf
- Saco Main Street
- Saco Salmon Restoration
- Salvation Army of Maine
- Sanford High School
- Sanford Mainers Baseball
- Sanford Police Cadets
- Sanford/Springvale Mousam Way Land Trust
- Sanford/Springvale Rotary
- Special Olympics
- St. James School
- St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church
- St. Thomas School
- Strive
- Sweetser
- The Center for Grieving Children
- Thornton Academy
- UNE Athletics
- Unitarian Universalist Church of Saco & Biddeford
- United Way
- Veterans of Foreign Wars
- Waterhouse Field
- Wells Chamber of Commerce
- Wells High School
- Wells Ogunquit Senior Center
- Wells Rotary
- YMCA of Southern Maine
- York County Community Action
We've Got the Space for Our Community to Grow!
PeoplesChoice Community Room was utilized by many not-for-profit organizations. We wish to thank each of them for allowing us to host them and for the work that they do tin making our communities a better place to live, work, learn, and play.
Some non-profits that used our space in 2024 include:
- Saco School Department
- Restorative Practices of Southern Maine
- Sweetser
- Biddeford School Department
- Universalist Unitarian Church of Saco and Biddeford Chamber
- Maine Behavioral Healthcare
- Creative Work Programs
- CPPC of Southern Maine
- St. Andre
- Improving Futures
- CE Classes for Real Estate Agents
- YCCAC first-time home buyers
- Remax Realty
- Biddeford Saco Rotary
- Sacred Sounds for Healing and heath
- CHCC
- Maine Health Care @ Home
- Maine Office of Tourism
- Natural Solutions for Winter Wellness
For scheduling information, please contact info@peopleschoiceme.org or call 207-282-4156. If you are a non-profit organization our community spaces are FREE to use. We would like to welcome your organization and your meeting into our space.
Your organization. Your meeting. Right here. For FREE.
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