Maine Community Literacy Partner Organizations

Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy    
Rebecca Dyer, Program Manager 
PO Box 191, Limington ME 04049
207-441-9965
www.BarbaraBushFoundation.com

Big Brothers, Big Sisters
http://www.bbbs.org/site/c.9iILI3NGKhK6F/b.5962335/k.BE16/Home.htm 
Use the find a local agency link to connect with a program in your area of Maine. 

Child Development Services
http://www.maine.gov/education/speced/cds/sites/contacts.html 
Community Action Programs
http://www.mainecommunityaction.org/about-us/cap-agency-locations/ 

Head Start
http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/ocfs/ec/occhs/headstart.htm

Home Schooling Association of Maine
Homeschoolers of Maine
PO Box 159 Camden, ME  04843-0159
Phone: (207) 763-2880
Email: homeschl@midcoast.com
Website: www.homeschoolersofmaine.org  
Island Readers & Writers
PO Box 227, Mount Desert, ME 04660; 
Jan Coates Executive Director
jcoates@islandreadersandwriters.org
207-288-2211  
Michelle Finn Program Coordinator 
mfinn@islandreadersandwriters.org
207-288-2211
www.islandreadersandwriters.org    

Learning Works
Ethan Strimling
CEO Learning Works
181 Brackett Street
Portland, ME 04102
207-775-0105 ext. 111

Pro-Literacy (Formerly Literacy Volunteers of America)--Maine Affiliate Offices 

	Literacy Volunteers of Androscoggin County                                      
Executive Director:  Tahlia Hope Chamberlain     
                Email:  info@literacyvolunteersandro.org
                Telephone:  207.333.4785
                Address:  15 Sacred Heart Place
                                    Auburn, ME 04210
                Website: http://www.literacyvolunteersandro.org/ 

Literacy Volunteers of Aroostook County
                Executive Director:  
                Email: angelaberry2@yahoo.com
                Telephone:  207.325.3490
                Address: P.O. Box 522
                                   Limestone, ME 04750

Literacy Volunteers of Greater Augusta
                Executive Director:  Virginia Marriner
                Email: info@lva-augusta.org 
                Telephone:  207.626.3440
                Address: 12 Spruce Street, Suite 4 
                                   Augusta, Maine 04330 
                Website: http://www.lva-augusta.org/ 

Literacy Volunteers of Bangor
                Executive Director:  Mary Marin Lyon
                Email: marylyon@lvbangor.org
                Telephone:  207.947.8451
                Address:  200 Hogan Rd.
                                   Bangor, ME 04401
                Website: www.lvbangor.org 

Literacy Volunteers of Franklin and Somerset Counties
Executive Director:  Barbara Averill	
Email: literacyvolunteersfs@gmail.com
Telephone:  207.500.3131
Office hours:  Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-Noon
Website: http://westernmaineliteracy.org/ 

Literacy Volunteers of Midcoast Maine
                Executive Director:  Beth A. Gifford
                Email: bgifford@rsu13.org  
                Telephone:  207.594.5154
                Address: 28 Lincoln St  
                                   Rockland, ME 04841
                Website: http://www.midcoastliteracy.org  

Literacy Volunteers of Moosehead Region
                Executive Director:  Bette DiAngelo (volunteer)
                Email:   bjdiangelo@yahoo.com
                Telephone: 207.695.4619
                                     207.695.4570
                Address:  P.O. Box 392
                                    Greenville Junction, ME 04442

Literacy Volunteers of Greater Portland- Learning Works
                Program Director: Teyonda Hall
                Email: thall@learningworks.me 
                Telephone:  207.775.0105 ext. 165
                Address: 181 Brackett Street 
                                   Portland, ME 04102
                Website: www.learningworks.me 

Literacy Volunteers Greater Saco/ Biddeford
                Executive Director:  Kathy Kilrain Del Rio
                Email:  kathy@sacoliteracy.org 
                Telephone:  207.283.2954
                Address: PO Box 467 
                               Saco, ME 04072
                Website: http://www.sacoliteracy.org/ 

Literacy Volunteers of Sanford
                Executive Director:  Ingrid Baily 
                Email:  lvgs@greatersanfordliteracy.org 
                Telephone:  207.324.2486
                Address: 883 Main Street, Suite 4
                                   Sanford, Maine 04073
                Website: http://sanfordliteracy.org/ 

Tri-County Literacy
                Executive Director:  Debra Nowak
                Email: literacyvolunteers@tricountyliteracy.org
                Telephone:  207.443.6384 
                Address: 34 Wing Farm Parkway
                                  Bath, ME  04530
                Website: www.tricountyliteracy.org

Literacy Volunteers of Waldo County- Belfast Adult Education
                Executive Director:  Darrell Gilman
	    Literacy Volunteer Coordinator:  Colette Jadis
                Email: cjadis@rsu20.org or litvolwc@rsu20.org 
                Telephone:  207.338.3197
                Address: 6B Lions Way
                                Belfast, Maine 04915
                Website: https://sites.google.com/site/literacyvolunteerswaldocounty 

Literacy Volunteers of Washington County
                Executive Director:  Eileen Campbell
                Email: lvwcme@yahoo.com
                Telephone:  207-255-0344
                Address: 110 Court Street
                                  CWCIT Building 
                                  Machias, ME 04654

Literacy Volunteers of Waterville
                Office Coordinator: Frances Seeley 
                Email:   lvwaterville@gmail.com
                Telephone:  207.873.7786
                Address:  105 Kennedy Memorial Drive
                                    P.O. Box 1645
                                    Waterville, ME 04903
	    Website: http://www.lvawaterville.net 

Maine Adult Education Association
Shirley Wright, Executive Director
841 North Road
Dover Foxcroft, ME  04426
(207) 564-3630
Email:  swright345@gmail.com
Web site: www.maineadulted.org

Maine Association of School Libraries 
PO Box 634, Augusta, ME 04332-0634
Edna Comstock, MASL's Business Manager
MASLibraries@gmail.com 
Phone: 207-441-1410.
http://maslibraries.org/

Maine Children’s Growth Council 
http://mainecgc.org/ 

Maine Council for the English Language Arts
https://sites.google.com/site/mainecela/ 

Maine Department of Health and Human Services:  Child Care and Head Start
http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/ocfs/ec/occhs/ 

Maine Department of Health and Human Services:  Home Visiting
http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/ocfs/ec/hv/index.shtml 

Maine Department of Health and Human Services:  Office of Family Independence
http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/ofi/
Maine Department of Justice/Jails and Prisons
Long Creek Youth Development Center
ATTN: Jim Boisvert
675 Westbrook Street
South Portland, ME 04106
207-822-2660
jim.boisvert@maine.gov

Mountain View Youth Development Center
ATTN: Lori Prestridge
1182 Dover Rd.
Charleston, ME 04222
207-285-0782
Lori.prestridge@maine.gov

Maine Correctional Facility
ATTN: Leida Dardis
17 Mallison Falls Rd.
Windham, ME 04062
207-893-7001
Leida.dardis@maine.gov

Maine Library Association
http://mainelibraries.org/ 

Maine Parent Teacher Association
http://www.mainepta.org/ 

Maine Reading Association
http://www.mereading.org/ 

Maine Roads to Quality
Contact: Sonja Howard, MRTQ Director
               Priscilla Armstrong, Registry Director
P.O. Box 9300
34 Bedford Street
Portland, ME 04104-9300
808-900-0055
showard@usm.maine.edu
parmstro@usm.maine.edu
www.muskie.usm.maine.edu/maineroads

Maine State Chamber of Commerce
Jessica Laliberte (207)623-4568, ext.111 
jlaliberte@mainechamber.org   
Website:   www.mainechamber.org 

Public 4-Year Old Programs
http://www.maine.gov/education/fouryearold/index.html

New England Reading Association
http://www.nereading.org/ 

Raising Readers
Contact: Kate Bartley, Program Manager
110 Free Street
Portland, ME 04101
800-397-3263
info@raisingreaders.org 
www.raisingreaders.org  

Regional Educational Partnerships
Central Aroostook Council on Education (CACE)
David Ouellette, Executive Director
181 Main Street
Presque Isle, ME 04769
207-768-9590
David.w.ouellette@umpi.edu

Down East Educational Partnership (DEEP)
Susan Smith, Director
248 State Street, Suite 3A
Ellsworth, ME 04605
Work: (207) 667-8136 ext. 600
Cell: (207) 460-8222 
ssmith@rsu24.org 

Midcoast Regional Professional Development Center
https://sites.google.com/site/midcoastpdcenter/ 
Christine Anderson-Morehouse, Director
2 Eagle Drive
Northport, ME 04849
207-542-0454
christine.b.anderson@maine.edu 

Penobscot River Educational Partnership (PREP)
Owen Maurais, Executive Director
The University of Maine
5766 Shibles Hall
Orono, ME 04469-5766
207-581-3651
Owen.Maurais@umit.maine.edu

Washington County Consortium (WCC)
27A Kimball Hall
University of Maine at Machias
Machias, ME 04654
Work: (207) 255-1440 
Fax: (207) 255-1373
wcc.literacy@gmail.com

Western Maine Education Collaborative (WMEC)
Mona Baker, Executive Director
115 Learning Lane
Farmington, ME 04938
207-778-2951 x2
mbaker@mtbluersd.org

Rotary Club International
http://www.rotary.org/en/Pages/ridefault.aspx 
Use club locator link to find a local chapter in your area.

United Way
http://apps.unitedway.org/myuw/luindex.cfm?id=browseCities&abbr=ME&app)
Use this link to connect to a web page that lists the local United Way offices in Maine and links to their websites.  

University of Maine Cooperative Extension
5741 Libby Hall
Orono, ME 04469-5741
(207) 581-3188
1-800-287-0274 (in Maine)
TDD: 1-800-287-8957 (in Maine)
FAX: (207) 581-1387
E-Mail: extension@maine.edu
Text Message: (207) 735-4145
http://extension.umaine.edu/ 
 
YMCAs of Maine
http://www.ymcasofmaine.org/