Maine Marathon names nonprofit beneficiaries for 2023

Irrespective of who crosses the end line first in October’s Gorham Financial savings Financial institution Maine Marathon, 4 nonprofits will emerge winners as beneficiaries of the 2023 version.

This 12 months’s prime race beneficiaries are the Ecology Faculty in Saco; the Maine Youngsters’s Most cancers Program at Maine Medical Middle’s Barbara Bush Youngsters’s Hospital in Portland; Veggies to Desk in Newcastle; and the YMCA Camp of Maine in Winthrop, organizers introduced this week.

The marathon, organized by the Maine Monitor Membership. is a nonprofit, all-volunteer occasion in Portland with a charitable giving mission. 

Since 1997, the Maine Marathon has donated greater than $5.4 million to Maine charities. Greater than 50 volunteer race coordinators plan the occasion in the course of the 12 months, and over 900 volunteers help on race weekend. 

Amongst this 12 months’s beneficiaries, the Ecology Faculty and Maine Youngsters’s Middle Program are in line to obtain $20,000; Veggies to Desk Newcastle will obtain $15,750; and the YMCA Camp of Maine in Winthrop will obtain $4,250.

“These organizations profoundly influence Maine’s kids, younger adults and households by offering training, sustenance, life-saving therapy and enjoyable. All essential parts of a thriving group,” mentioned Steve deCastro, president and CEO of Gorham Financial savings Financial institution. “They’re a power for good – as we goal to be – within the communities they serve.”

Bob Dunfey, the marathon’s volunteer race director, famous that as a nonprofit occasion, he expects round 4,000 runners to register this 12 months,  representing each state and about 10 international locations. 

“As a nonprofit race, virtually 40% of our income goes to nonprofit organizations every year. That’s because of the beneficiant function our valued accomplice, Gorham Financial savings Financial institution, performs,” Dunfey mentioned in Tuesday’s information launch. “Since 1997, this effort has helped us elevate greater than $6.3 million for worthy causes. The entire financial influence on the native financial system from the marathon weekend is greater than $1.3 million.”

Marathon beneficiaries instantly profit from registration charges, however additionally they rally volunteers to assist with something from water stations to wash up throughout race weekend. Gorham Financial savings has been the occasion’s title sponsor since 2010.

Extra data

This 12 months’s race is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 1, in Portland. Discover out extra and register right here.