Warren Center receives $10,000 from the Elmina B. Sewall Foundation to support center programming

BANGOR, ME – The Warren Center is the recipient of an unrestricted $10,000 grant from the Elmina B. Sewall Foundation to support the work of the center.

“Unrestricted donations, as the one from the Sewall Foundation,” says Mary Poulin Administrative Director, “allow us to use the money in areas that we need it most. It is a rare and generous gift that allows the center to provide services to vulnerable members of our community.”

The Warren Center was founded by the Junior League of Bangor in 1961 as the Bangor Regional Speech and Hearing Center after a measles epidemic hit Central Maine in the 1950’s, leaving many children deaf or hard of hearing.

Last year more than 1,800 infants, children, and adults throughout Greater Bangor benefited from services provided by The Warren Center for Communication & Learning. These services included speech therapy, audiology, a pragmatic skills group for teens with Asperger’s, and a preschool that serves hard of hearing and deaf children.

The center is grateful for the continued support of the Sewall Foundation which has provided monetary support to the center since 1997.

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Organization Background:
The Warren Center for Communication & Learning is Bangor’s oldest not-for-profit professional speech and hearing center. It provides evaluations, therapies and technologies in the areas of speech, language development and hearing to the children and adults of, Eastern and Central Maine.

Elmina Brewster Sewall, of Kennebunk, established the foundation in 1983. Its mission is to support conservation of the natural environment and well being of animals and humans, primarily in Maine. Through its giving, the foundation seeks to make a significant impact, inspire the generosity of others and empower those who share its vision.