On Friday, April 26, over 240 guests gathered to honor Angela Stone as Spurwink’s 2024 Humanitarian and USI with the Corporate Cares Award. This year’s theme, Everybody Have Fun Tonight, was…
Get to know Erin McAllister, who has been a Spurwink volunteer for about three years. She was introduced to Spurwink from a friend, who serves on the Spurwink Board of…
At Spurwink, the ShifaME program supports refugee children and families by providing case management, counseling, school groups and outreach. The refugee children and families in our program come to us…
Angela Stone is the founder of Maine Needs. After practicing interior design for 13 years in Chicago and becoming a mother of two, Angela moved back home to Maine. The…
Meet Curtis and Susan. Susan is a Shared Living Provider to her son Curtis, who has been diagnosed with Autism and Achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism. After Curtis aged out…
The M&T Charitable Foundation, the philanthropic arm of M&T Bank, has awarded $50,000 to Spurwink. The grant is part of the second round of giving through the Amplify Fund providing…

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…
Meet Jen Shumway, LMSW-cc, Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) Case Coordinator. Jen has been with Spurwink for over five years, starting out as a family advocate at the Cumberland…
We are pleased to announce two recent promotions for long-time employees Nora Morse and Joyce Wientzen. Nora Morse, LCSW, is moving into a newly developed role of Director of Best…