MAINE, USA — NEWS CENTER Maine's 2024 Project Heat Telethon raised a total of $294,459, including a $30,000 donation from Maine Community Bank, a $20,000 donation from Dead River Company, and a $10,000 donation from the Sam L. Cohen Foundation.
This will help 749 households receive 100 gallons of oil.
Thank you all who donated to help keep Mainers warm this winter.
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Join us for the 17th NEWS CENTER Maine Project Heat Telethon and help us keep Mainers warm this season.
NEWS CENTER Maine's Project Heat Telethon phone lines are open from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25. You can call 855-875-4328 to make your donation. You can also donate online at keepmewarm.org.
Don't miss the Project Heat Power Hour sponsored by Dead River Company from noon to 1 p.m., where the company will match up to $20,000 in donations for the telethon!
As Maine received its first batch of serious winter storms, heating is at the top of people's concerns as snow piles up across the state. Thousands of households struggle every year to keep the heat on, and that's especially the case for oil-heated homes. With prices averaging nearly $4 per gallon of oil, we're partnering with United Ways of Maine again this year to raise proceeds toward the Keep ME Warm Fund to help a Mainer in need.
All proceeds will be used to assist individuals directly or will be designated to local organizations that provide emergency fuel assistance, including faith-based programs and nonprofit agencies.
The Keep ME Warm fund was created in 2008. It’s a partnership of the seven United Ways in Maine and 12 Community Action Agencies. It is the only statewide fuel assistance fundraising effort in the state. Funds to help keep Mainers warm are distributed to Community Action Programs and United Ways as well as 211. United Way of Southern Maine will collect and distribute funds based on a formula developed by the CAPs and United Ways in Maine. Community Action Programs receive 50% of the funds, United Ways receive 25%, and 211 Maine receives the remaining 25%. All of which help Mainers keep their homes warm throughout the winter.
Thank YOU for your generous donation.