WMCA Freezin' for a Reason Partner Plunge,

About the event

Polar Plunge (Partner Plunge) is a unique opportunity for individuals & organizations to help ensure WMCA and our 2016 community partners have the necessary resources to continue to respond quickly and effectively to a variety of needs.

WMCA hosts the event each year, inviting local non profits and community organizations to join us by recruiting their own plunge team members and soliciting pledges for their team. On event day we award prizes to teams for various things - best costume, most funds raised etc.  After the event WMCA reports out to all partners the total they raised and their share amount – Every partner will keep 50-70% of the funds they raise to go toward their organization’s efforts! The more their team earns in pledges, the higher the share amount.  The team raising the most funds gets to keep 100% of what they raised to go toward their agency's mission.

Current 2016 partners include: (8/4/16)

• Care & Share Food Closet
• Farmington Recreation Dept.
• Western Maine Play Museum
• Western Maine Homeless Outreach
• Technoldie Services
• United Methodist Economic Ministry

WMCA's Reason for Freezin’ in 2016 will be to provide home repair services for low income households in Franklin County. Maine is ranked among states with the oldest housing stock in the nation, and WMCA recognizes an increasing need for home repairs that directly affect the health and safety of the dwelling’s occupants. WMCA has chosen to bolster this effort to ensure that necessary home repairs can be completed. The majority of repairs will prioritize elderly and/or veteran households.

Why should you sponsor?

Supporters don’t give to us; they give through us.

Investing in Families & The Community at Large

• In 2015, WMCA provided Housing services for 408 Households. Home Repair, Weatherization and Central Heat Improvement allow these families to be healthier, safer, warmer and save their limited resources for other needs.
• WMCA used 26 local vendors in making these improvements. Contractors, plumbers, heating and cooling technicians and weatherization crews live, work and play here. With expenditures of more than $814,000 last year to area businesses, we are strengthening our local economy.

Why Sponsor Our Event?

• JOIN THE MOVEMENT - To change lives & make an impact for struggling families, elderly and veterans.

• GIVE BACK - To your community by helping those who need it most.

• INCREASE - Your brand exposure & elevate your corporate identity within the community.

• STRENGTHEN - Your company’s reputation as a good corporate citizen to your customers, employees and local residents.

Danielle Flannery

Western Maine Community Action (WMCA) is a social service agency that has been providing services for over 50 years to people living in the western mountain region of Maine. The organization is dedicated to the principle that poverty should not be a permanent condition of people’s lives.

WMCA is able to respond quickly and effectively to the variety of needs of our disadvantaged population. We strive to marshal as many resources as possible in our efforts to provide comprehensive services responsive to conditions. The majority of our services are designed to assist low to moderate-income people in Franklin, Androscoggin and Oxford counties.

Mission
WMCA is funded with private, local, state and federal money. In fulfilling our mission, we will focus on these major objectives:

• To act as a representative of, and to advocate with and for people, on issues that affect them.
• To provide quality services to meet identified human needs in the most cost effective way possible.
• To promote sensitivity and to foster cooperation within programs, organizations, and communities in meeting the needs of people.
• To mobilize and work with all resources in developing innovative solutions to community problems.

History
WMCA is a member of The Maine Community Action Association which is made up of 10 Community Action Agencies that provide services to low income people across Maine. Community Action Agencies were created in the mid 1960′s under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 and have served the needs of low income people for the last 50 years. The association is dedicated to supporting and advocating for Community Action Agencies which help empower low income people to lift themselves and their families out of poverty.

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