Your financial support makes a difference. . .
When you donate to Friends of Casco Bay, you are part of a community that says that this amazing place matters. Your support will be put good use as we work to protect the environmental health of Casco Bay. We make sure that any donation—no matter the size—is recognized appropriately in a personal way.
Your support is integral to our efforts to protect the health of the Bay.
Our balance sheet remains strong, with ample working capital, no long-term debt, and three restricted funds that help support our work. We are growing our budget sustainably through continually seeking new donors and by building long-term relationships with existing supporters. Our budget is $958,170.
We are honored to partner with you to keep Casco Bay blue.
Your volunteer time makes a difference. . .
Over the past seven years, Nan and Jeanie have become fast friends, as well as partners in volunteering for Friends in many capacities. They’ve been Citizen Stewards at their Cousins Island site. They also frequently visit the South Portland office of Friends of Casco Bay to help assemble membership mailings. True to their upbeat nature, they don’t regard the hours of folding, stuffing, and stamping solicitation letters as tedious. They both agree, “It’s not about the envelopes; it’s that we get to sit around the table and share stories with other volunteers who care about the environment. It’s another way we feel connected to the Bay.”
The women view their work as citizen scientists for Friends of Casco Bay as payback. Nan remarks, “I grew up boating, swimming, and eating seafood, and I wanted to do something to protect the Bay.”
Join Nan, Jeanie, and 300 other Friends of Casco Bay volunteers.
Join us in keeping Casco Bay blue
As these stories show, those who donate their time and money to Friends of Casco Bay are directly working on behalf of a healthier Casco Bay.
We invite you to join us as we work to keep Casco Bay blue.
Donate
By donating, you’ll be supporting local initiatives in research, education, and advocacy.
Volunteer
When you volunteer, you help us protect the Bay in a variety of ways, from data collection to cleaning up shorelines to stuffing envelopes.
Check out our CommUNITY Champions
September 11, 2020Want a lift? Watch this! (2 minutes) We have long thought of our volunteers as champions. Now much of Southern Maine does, too. WMTW News 8’s anchor, Steve Minich recognized our volunteer Water Reporters as CommUNITY Champions in late August. You can watch the two-minute CommUNITY Champion segment and hear… Read more
Donate to Climate Change and Casco Bay Fund
September 9, 2020We are 91% of our way to our $1.5 million goal! Help us go over the top! Friends of Casco Bay is creating a $1.5 million fund to be used over the next ten years to understand how Casco Bay is being affected by climate change. We will launch and… Read more
Keeping up with the Casco Baykeeper
September 4, 2020For Casco Baykeeper Ivy Frignoca, the summer has been full of moments of concern and moments of magic. How was your summer? Summer means being on the Bay! Staff Scientist Mike Doan and I continued to collect our seasonal data on the health of Casco Bay by land and sea.… Read more