Kittery, Maine–February 10, 2012–If you are a Maine resident or know someone in Maine, it is not too late to help Fair Tide receive financial support through Bangor Savings Bank’s grant-making initiative Community Matters More.

Cast YOUR Vote!
In March, the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation will give a total of $100,000 to 68 local non-profit organizations, so please visit www.bangor.com/cmm and write in Fair Tide in the York County section–or tell a friend in Maine! Voting ends March 5, 2012 at 11:59 pm.

Fair Tide thanks the entire community and asks supporters to tell their friends and anyone in Maine about this amazing opportunity. For more information about this initiative, call Fair Tide at (207) 439-6376.

“Fair Tide Thrift Store announces Second Annual Prom Dress Revival”

Kittery, Maine—February 1, 2012—On Saturday, March 17th, The Fair Tide Thrift Store will host its Second Annual Prom Dress Revival from 11am to 5 pm.

Hoping to build on the success of last year’s inaugural event, which attracted several sponsors and vendors, Fair Tide’s Barbara McGaughey said the purpose behind the event is “to provide girls with affordable and beautiful prom dresses.”

“Proms are specialnights and it all starts with the dress,” said McGaughey, who noted prom dress prices will begin at $15.

According to McGaughey, they will begin accepting donations of previously worn and gently-used prom dresses on Friday, February 10th at The Fair Tide Thrift Store at 15 State Road in Kittery between 10 am and 5 pm, Monday through Saturday.

“This is really a fun event and a great way to help a girl’s dreams come true,” she said.

The Second Annual Prom Dress Revival will take place at The Fair Tide Thrift Store at 15 State Road in Kittery on Saturday, March 17th from 11 am to 5 pm.

For more information, please call (207) 439-2427, or visit www.fairtide.org.

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According to Barbara McGaughey, Fair Tide’s director of social entrepreneurship, coats were directly donated by local residents and were collected at several businesses and organizations, including Kittery’s Barbour Warehouse Store and the Knights of Columbus.

Jackets were then distributed to 17 families served by Fair Tide in Kittery and Rochester, 16 students apiece at Kittery’s Horace-Mitchell Primary School and R.W. Traip Academy, and 30 students at Shapleigh Middle School.

“So many people support Fair Tide through our Thrift Store that it’s nice to be able to give back to a community that has done so much for us,” said McGaughey.

According to R.W. Traip Academy School Nurse Betsy Burke, it is Fair Tide itself “that has given back so much.”

“As a school nurse, I’m extremely grateful to be able to call Fair Tide any time we have a need like this in the community, because we really do have families struggling,” said Burke, who noted Fair Tide has helped Kittery schools before on many occasions. “I’m not sure who I’d call if it wasn’t for Fair Tide.”

Providing transitional housing for homeless individuals and families, Fair Tide addresses the factors that lead to homelessness and helps people develop specific competencies research shows will more effectively lead to stable, permanent housing.
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Located at 15 State Road, the Fair Tide Thrift Store is open Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm. To learn more about Fair Tide, visit www.fairtide.org, or call (207) 439-6376.

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