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PHOTO: PLC Executive Director Dana Doran, right, presents a check for $262,403 to Kelly Pearson, left, director of Children’s Miracle Network Hospital program and corporate engagement at Northern Light Health, and Kate Richardson, Children’s Miracle Network senior philanthropy manager for Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital. (Submitted photo)
AUGUSTA – Professional Logging Contractors of Maine raised a record $262,403 for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals in Maine in 2022 through its annual Log A Load for Maine Kids fundraising efforts.
The total shattered the 2021 record of $205,000.
“It is incredibly inspiring that despite the many challenges facing Maine’s logging industry, PLC’s members, supporting members, friends, and families have rallied to once again raise a record amount for Children’s Miracle Network hospitals,” Dana Doran, PLC executive director, said. “No matter what obstacles they encounter in their own businesses and lives, they always reach deep for the kids and their families.”
Doran presented a check on Jan. 27 to representatives from Northern Light/Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor and The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center in Portland at PLC’s Augusta headquarters.
PLC raises most Log A Load funds during an auction at its annual membership meeting in the spring and at golf tournaments in Lovell and Lincoln in August and September. Additional money is raised through a holiday ornament sale and end-of-of year donations. In addition to setting records at both golf tournaments this year, the PLC Annual Meeting Log a Load for Maine Kids Auction raised a record $144,399.
“The logging community continues to amaze us,” said Kelly Pearson, director of Children’s Miracle Network Hospital program and corporate engagement at Northern Light Health. “We are touched by their generosity and compassion. The dollars raised make a real difference in the care our doctors and nurses provide to local kids.” She said the money has been used to support programs and services, and buy needed items ranging from an ambulance and ultrasound machine to comfort items like new stuffed animals.
Kate Richardson, Children’s Miracle Network senior philanthropy manager for Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital, said, “It’s difficult to express the lifesaving impact that this industry is having on our local children’s hospitals. It’s evident that there is a deep-rooted commitment among members of the logging industry to support their community and help their neighbors – and that’s exactly what they’re doing by ensuring that our kids have access to the very best care, right here in Maine. I’m constantly amazed and deeply grateful for the tireless efforts and remarkable generosity of Maine’s logging community.”
The PLC’s Log A Load efforts have raised more than $1.925 million since 1995.
The PLC and the Northern Light Health Foundation (formerly Eastern Maine Health Systems Foundation) have partnered in the Log A Load fund-raising effort since 1996.
