Campaign gifts will go towards (1) transportation, (2) building upkeep for 75 Bacon and 755 Main, and (3) MPTC’s teen programming and general operations.

• Transportation – $75K
• Building Maintenance Fund – $500K
• Teen Programming/General Operations – $1.925MM

We will purchase a 4×4 work truck + plow kit for the Facilities Manager to use between the two locations in Westbrook and Biddeford.

Establishing a long-term maintenance fund will protect and ensure the upkeep of Biddeford and Westbrook locations for decades.

Yearly grants help to fund our two-county program. Providing teen programming dollars and operating support is one of the best ways to build our nonprofit capacity and sustainability when combined with our effective leadership and management. General operating dollars strengthen MPTC because it pays for staffing, provides stability, allows us to focus on the work we are good at, allows flexibility to adapt to changing contexts, supports strategic risk-taking, and is more culturally responsive.

To ensure MPTC’s fiscally sound longevity and support under-resourced programming, we will apply general operations funds to daily operations, unforeseen/rising expenses, and the following teen curricula:

1. Youth Leadership Academy is a specialized positive youth development program designed to increase developmental assets and reduce risky behaviors. Youth will attend year-long health and wellness units, Leadership and Social/Emotional competencies, STEAM, Workforce Readiness, and Character Education/Civic Engagement.
2. Restaurant Job Training Program (RJTP) – The RJTP embeds life skills, workforce development modules, accountability protocols, STEM principles, and financial literacy practices. It allows teens to train as proprietors, cooks, servers, bussers, hosts, hostesses, and dishwashers in a restaurant-like environment while feeding all the MPTC kids.
3. Get Urban Kids Outside! The outdoors provides a physical and mental refuge, allowing youth to cope with stressors. Our offerings encompass physical activity and civic engagement. Being outside is transformative for urban youth from underserved communities disproportionately affected by violence, unemployment, and school dropouts.
4. Making Proud Choices! is an evidence-based, safer-sex approach to teen pregnancy and HIV/STD prevention. An 8-module curriculum provides adolescents with the knowledge, confidence, and skills necessary to reduce their risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STIs), HIV, and pregnancy by abstaining from sex or using condoms if they choose to have sex.