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Family Ice Center is operated by Family Ice, a privately owned and operated 501-C3 non profit corporation. The facility receives no local, state of municipal funding and operates solely on revenues generated from
ice rental sales, corporate sponsorship agreements and donations from the private sector and grant/foundation community.
As a way of supporting our community, Family Ice created a skating based community outreach program called “Opportunity Skate”. Since the program’s inception in 1999, it now offers 250 hours of ice time annually to numerous school groups and private non-profit associations that support the physically and mentally challenged, youth at risk groups, senior citizen groups and various adult and youth based special education and life skills programs.
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The list of program participants is growing each year and the need for additional funding to support this growth is urgent. The Opportunity Skate program now regularly supports the weekly recreation activities of over 1,000 local citizens per year and with additional financial assistance we can create new programs and touch even more lives.
Recent beneficiaries of Opportunity Skate are:
Baxter School for the Deaf
Burchard Dunn School
Opportunity Farm for Boys and Girls
West School - Special Needs Department
Aucosisco School
Boys and Girls Club of Portland
Maine Sled Hockey
Prudential Northeast Sled Hockey League
The Root Cellar Organization
Maine Adaptive Sports
Hall School
Harriogate Exchange
Reardon’s Place
Busy Bee Child Development Center
Creative Trails
Deering Functional Life Skills
Sweetster Children Services
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Boothbay Special Needs Association
West Elementary School
Affinity International
Durham Outing Club
Collaborative School
Young Life of Greater Portland
Terry Smith Life Skills Resource Group
Amistad
Mainly Kids
Connections for Kids
Lunt School Winter Recreation Program
Riverton Community School
Maine Educational Center for the Deaf
The Real School
The Margaret Murphy Center
Long Creek Youth Development
Youth Alternatives
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Juvenile Diabetes RF
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In addition to numerous large and small scale private donations, the program has received grant support from the following foundations:
- The Dudley Foundation
- National Recreation Foundation
- Apple Lane Foundation
- The Daniel Cardillo Foundation
- The Ingalls Foundation
- The New York Community Trust
- The Forns Charitable Trust
- Maine Community Foundation
For more information about the Opportunity Skate program at Family Ice or to make a donation, please
contact Luane Howard – Business Operations Manager at Family Ice Center.
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