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Community Cares Game Day

Spring 2025

Event start: 12:00PM First pitch: 1:00PM

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A special event to support Mainers!

LOCATION: Hadlock Field – Home of the Portland Sea Dogs!

EVENT START TIME: 12:00PM

FIRST PITCH: 1:00PM

JOIN US for a celebration of our community partners and their support throughout the year.

This is a great opportunity to bring family and colleagues together and allow TOA to show our appreciation - while enjoying a FUN day of local baseball!

Each year, corporate partners play key roles in our work - providing key funding for our programs, making connections in their own communities to spread our mission, building our TOA family one step at a time. The Sea Dogs are here to help us say thank you and to celebrate the local businesses and community leaders that make up our vast network of supporters.

Join us, and let's start building stronger communities, together.

This family-friendly event will include:

  •     a pregame on-field ceremony recognizing key partners

  •     an all-you-can-eat buffet lunch of classic ballpark fare

  • an action packed game vs. the Binghamton Rumble Ponies

  •     up close and personal meet and greet with Slugger

  •     face painting + crafts for kids

  •     and more!

 This event is open to EVERYONE, including the general public.

All event attendees will be provided tickets to stay for the game.

Adult Tickets cost $30, Child (12 and under) Tickets cost $20.

Money raised for Community Cares Game Day supports Mainers in need - make your difference felt TODAY!

 

Questions? Contact Lily Lynch in the Development office at Lily.Lynch@opportunityalliance.org

July 2025

Golf for Good Tournament

Spring Meadows Golf Club

Shotgun start at 8:30AM

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This tournament is a great opportunity to socialize on the green while helping your community.

Thank you to everyone who came out to support our annual Golf for Good tournament on Monday, July 22nd at Spring Meadows Golf Club in Gray. This tournament is a great opportunity to connect with your community- join business associates, customers, and friends for a round of golf, good food, and fun! Proceeds from the tournament provide critical support and programming for individuals and families in need across the region.

Each player had the opportunity participate in our Putt for Dough putting contest, the Longest Drive competition, and our our ever popular Air Cannon!

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Congratulations to Machias Savings Bank for being the top team this year!

R.M. Davis - 1st Gross

Colby Company Engineering - 2nd Gross

Acadia Insurance - 2nd Net

Longest Drive - Ethan Kavanagh / Emily Domingo

Closest to the Pin - George Carr / Becky Wilson


 

Questions? Contact Lily.Lynch in the Development office at Lily.Lynch@opportunityalliance.org

 

A special thanks to our 2024 event sponsors

 

october 2025

RAISE

Michael J. Tarpinian Family Center 50 Lydia Lane, South Portland, ME 04106

5:00PM - 7:30PM

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Join The Opportunity Alliance for an evening where philanthropy meets party! 

Get ready for a night of unforgettable food, fun & giving back at RAISE.

Enjoy bites from our vibrant food scene, featuring delicious creations from some of our favorite neighborhood establishments including Lady Shuckers Oysters, Tandem Bakery, Empanada Club & The Portland Board.  Quench your thirst with a variety of drinks, from wine and craft cocktails to Allagash brews. While you sip and snack there will be live music from the Larry Williams Jazz Trio and inspiring stories of how our collective partnership is changing lives right here in Maine. An awards ceremony will honor our fabulous partners in the community and both a live auction and special Fund-a-Cause will raise money to expand TOA’s work. 

Live Auction Items Include:

Original “Hopeful” neon sign by local artist Charlie Hewitt

Original oil painting from artist and long-time TOA Residential Program client

Naming rights to the Head Start playground at the Michael J. Tarpinian Family Center

It is a night of great company and meaningful connections, all to raise awareness and funds for an important cause. Come for the ambiance, stay for the impact, and let's make a difference together. 

Your ticket to an amazing night of music, food, and philanthropy awaits. 

EVENT AGENDA

4:45pm Check-in Opens

5:00pm - 5:45pm Cocktail Reception

6:00pm - 7:00pm Dessert Bar Welcome by Joe Everett Featured Speaker: Carolyn Delaney Live Auction & Fund-a-Cause Partnership Awards

7:00pm - 7:30pm Dessert Bar & Connections Continue

 

Featured Speaker

At RAISE, guests will hear from local publisher and advocate Carolyn Delaney, who will share her personal story of recovery and resilience, and the partnerships formed along the way.

Carolyn is the founder and publisher of Journey Enterprises, a media company dedicated to making recovery from addiction more visible. After 25 years leading large IT departments, she recognized an opportunity in 2019 to elevate recovery information and share inspiring personal stories to save lives by spreading a message of hope. She now leads a team that accomplishes this through Journey Magazine, community events, strategic partnerships, and public speaking engagements, all aimed at educating and empowering others to amplify the message of recovery.

 

congratulations to our award recipients

 

Pam Leo, the "Book Fairy" has been collecting and distributing gently used books for almost a decade. Children within many TOA programs, including Head Start, Early Head Start and WIC have benefitted from Pam's passion.

 

TOA has partnered with Prosperity Maine for years - most recently to ensure that heating assistance reaches every community in Maine, including immigrant and refugee households.

 

An innovative partnership with the University of New England's Dental Hygiene School, Northeast Delta Dental, and TOA's WIC Program has provided free dental care to hundreds of children under the age of 5 in the greater Portland area.


SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR EVENT COMMITTEE

Wendy Morrissette, Besty Tod, Anne LaFond, Andrew Morrissette, Madeline Winkeler


SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR 2024 HOST COMMITTEE

Rebecca Bloch & Mark Abbott, Anita L. Chandler, Joe Everett, Morris & Judy Fisher, Maria Gallace & Tim Soley, Fran Hutchinson, Bernie & Dana Kavanagh, Cricket & Angus King III, Anne & Geoff LaFond, Lily Lynch & Chris Bentson, Joseph & Gloria Melnick, Wendy & Mark Morrissette, Thomas Saturley & Eleanor Baker, Barbara & Robert Schneider, Josh & Lea Steirman, Christine Stelling, Mike & Nancy Tarpinian, Odette & Scott Thurston, Betsy & Rob Tod, Nina & Bob Trowbridge, Colette Twigg & Robert Rowse

 

Questions? Contact Lily Lynch at Lily.Lynch@opportunityalliance.org

special thanks to our event sponsors