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THE SPURWINKIAN NEWSLETTER: APRIL 2024
GOING THE DISTANCE FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE IN MAINE
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LEARN ABOUT SPURWINK SERVICES
Everybody Have Fun Tonight: 2024 Humanitarian Awards
 Join us at this year’s Humanitarian Awards on Friday, April 26, 2024, from 5:30 to 9:00 pm at a new location — UNE Innovation Hall in Portland. This year we honor Angela Stone, founder of Maine Needs, and USI, who will receive the Corporate Care Award. This year’s theme is Everybody Have Fun Tonight and will end with a 80s and 90s dance party! Tickets still available.
 We are pleased to share that Tri-County Mental Health Services (TCMHS) has officially joined with Spurwink to strengthen behavioral health services in Maine. We’re working together to ensure TCMHS’s strong legacy of providing exceptional behavioral health services continues uninterrupted for clients and the community.
Raising Autism Awareness & Providing Needed Services
 April is World Autism Awareness Month. The National Center for Disease Control & Prevention’s most recent data indicate that about one in 36 children in the U.S. have been identified with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and that ASD is reported to occur in all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups.
Shared Living: Meet Curtis and Susan
 “This is the happiest he has been.”
– Susan, Shared Living Provider
Shared Living can be a great option not only for people seeking Providers or wanting to become Providers, but also for family members or close acquaintances who may already be doing this. Here is Curtis and Susan’s story.
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OUT & ABOUT
Proud Supporter of the 2024 Inclusion Maine Conference
 Spurwink is a proud sponsor of the 2024 Inclusion Maine Conference. The conference takes place on May 1st-3rd at the Portland Sheraton, and will help build belonging for all to attract and retain talent in Maine. For more information or to register, visit Inclusion Maine's website.
Supporting ASM's Walk for Autism - 2024
 Spurwink is delighted to once again support Autism Society of Maine's Walk for Autism events this year. Walks will be held in Westbrook on Sunday, April 21st, and in Bangor on Sunday, April 28th. These family-friendly walks are on flat terrain, paved walkways of approximately one mile. For more information or to register, visit ASM's website.
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GRANTS IN ACTION
Spurwink Receives $50,000 from M&T Bank's Amplify Fund
 We are pleased to announce that Spurwink has been awarded an Amplify Fund grant from M&T Bank Charitable Foundation, which will support the Cumberland County Children’s Advocacy Center’s work addressing health equity. Funds will help address child sexual abuse and trafficking, connecting youth and their families more rapidly and effectively to the services they need to begin healing and ensure a more equitable future for children and their families.
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