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ELLSWORTH — Charles Nero and Melissa Hue are the newest members of the Maine Community Foundation’s Androscoggin County Committee.
MaineCF’s county committees are made up of community members who live or work in the county and serve as local ambassadors for the foundation, sharing their knowledge and providing on-the-ground local leadership.
The Androscoggin County Committee’s volunteer county advisors review grant proposals for MaineCF’s Community Building Grant Program and recommend grant awards from the Androscoggin County Fund. Community Building supports a broad range of projects and organizations across the state, including arts, education, environment, economic development, and human services.
Nero, of Lewiston, is the Benjamin E. Mays ’20 distinguished professor of rhetoric, film, and screen studies at Bates College, where he is on several committees.
Hue, of Portland, is diversity, equity and inclusion director for Lewiston. She is on the boards of Maine Special Olympics and New Beginnings.
Other committee members include Becky Conrad, of Auburn; Joleen Bedard, of Turner; and Andrea Breau, Anne Kemper, Muhidin Libah and Adilah Muhammad, all of Lewiston.
In 2022, the Androscoggin County Fund awarded seven grants totaling $52,500, with two additional grant proposals totaling $15,000 funded by donors with advised funds at MaineCF.
