Communities That Care

Posted on October 30, 2008

Five Town CTC Joins UMCC Family

Five Town Communities That Care (CTC) is pleased to announce that it has officially been added to the ranks of agencies supported by United Mid-Coast Charities (UMCC). This year UMCC presented Five Town CTC (a non-profit agency promoting healthy youth development in Appleton, Camden, Hope, Lincolnville, and Rockport since the summer of 2003) with a donation of $2000.

"We are very grateful for the support of United Mid-Coast Charities and proud to be part of the UMCC family," said Five Town CTC Executive Director Dalene Dutton. "The community is certainly blessed to have an organization like UMCC working so hard to support all of the great agencies that enrich so many lives in so many ways."

For more information about Five Town CTC and its programs and services, visit www.fivetownctc.org, call 236-9800, or email info@fivetownctc.org.

Wendy Weiler of UMCC presents a check to Five Town CTC Board members Eric Waters and Andrew Lesmerises.  (Tarah Hall photo)

Posted on October 28, 2008

CTC HoopStars to Challenge Harlem Ambassadors

Mark your calendars and Save the Date – the Harlem Ambassadors will challenge the Five Town CTC HoopStars in a basketball game unlike any seen in the midcoast. On March 28 at 6pm the Harlem Ambassadors will entertain you with dazzling ball-handling tricks, high-flying slam dunks and hilarious family comedy when they play the home team, the CTC Hoopstars, at Camden Hills Regional High School Gym.

The mission of Five Town Communities That Care is to promote healthy youth development and to foster increased collaboration and cooperation in the community in order to best serve the needs of its youth. All proceeds from the game will benefit Five Town Communities That Care. Tickets will be available in advance or at the door. For more information, or to volunteer, please contact Andrea Pierce by emailing agpierce@midcoast.com or call Dalene at 236-9800.

Posted on October 16, 2008

GGC Registration Extended!

Five Town Communities That Care has extended the registration deadline for its Guiding Good Choices (GGC) workshop series for parents of children who are aged 9-14.  Registrations will be accepted until Wednesday, October 22, and the series will begin Tuesday, Oct. 28.

GGC is a free, five-part series that is nationally recognized for its effectiveness in helping parents influence their children to make healthy choices. In research studies the program has been shown to improve parenting skills and the quality of parent-child interactions, to reduce adolescent substance abuse, to reduce adolescent depressive symptoms, and to reduce rates of self-harm by teens. 

The workshops series will meet Tuesday evenings, October 28 – December 9, (no meeting Nov. 11 or Nov. 25) at Camden Hill Regional High School. All sessions begin at 5 PM (with a free dinner for the entire family from 5-5:30) and end at 7:30 PM.  Free onsite childcare is offered while parents are in the workshops from 5:30 to 7:30.

For more information, or to register, call 236-9800 or email info@fivetownctc.org.  You can download a registration form here.