Sponsors of the 2003 Southern Maine Children's Water Festival

We greatly appreciate the time that the members of the planning committee donate to the effort to plan and carry out the festival. This is our 7th annual festival in Southern Maine, and while the process is smoother and more streamlined than in the early years, it still takes a dedicated group to put on this event.

The following organizations donated staff and in-kind services to assist the planning of the Southern Maine Water Festival:

Maine Department of Environmental Protection- Marianne DuBois, Wendy Garland, Christine Smith, Barb Welch, Don Kale
Portland Water District- Lynne Richard
Cumberland County Soil and Water Conservation District- Tamara Lee Pinard
University of Southern Maine- Robert Sanford, Irwin Novak, Sarah Coombs
Maine Audubon- Linda Woodard
Maine Forest Service- Kevin Doran
Maine Drinking Water Program- Joy Adamson
J. Weston Walch, Publisher- Brenda Thompson
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency- Ted Lavery, Marilyn Smith-Church
Americorps-Vallie Lewis, Ben Lubbers, Meghan Kreider, Melissa Sternleib
Volunteer Emeritus- Arlene Davis

Student Volunteer Guides provided by:

Gorham High School, and the University of Southern Maine

The annual fundraising goal for the festival is $10,000. This money pays for the facility and insurance costs, transportation grants for helping schools pay for buses, lunches for the volunteers, t-shirts for students, teachers and volunteers, and payment for the entertainer.

The following organizations have donated money and/or substantial in-kind services to pay for festival expenses:

Donors of more than $750

Casco Bay Estuary Project	Poland Spring Bottling Company
National Semiconductor	Maine Drinking Water Program
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Maine State Planning Office- Coastal Program	Maine Department of Conservation
Maine Audubon Society	Americorps
Portland Water District	J. Weston Walch, Publisher
University of Southern Maine, Geosciences Department and the Environmental Science and Policy Program	University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Other Donors

Deitz Associates, Sappi/S.D. Warren

Quiz Show prize donors

J. Weston Walch Publisher, Lamotte Company, VWR Scientific, Ben Meadows Company, Terrific Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Chewonki Foundation, Acorn Naturalists, Borders, Auburn Land Lab.

Food Donations

Hannaford- Gorham, The Whole Grocer-Portland, Dunkin Donuts- S. Portland, Oakhurst Dairy, Mr. Bagel- Gorham, Poland Spring Bottling Company