TD Bank renews commitment to Maine’s iconic road race and beneficiary program
CAPE ELIZABETH — Preble Street Teen Services has met its fundraising goal as the beneficiary of the 2024 TD Beach to Beacon 10K and expects to exceed once all pledges come in to the organization. Preble Street Teen Services received $30,000 from TD as well as more than $120,000 from the generous race community to support its vital programs for vulnerable youth.
Based in Portland, Preble Street Teen Services is a hub of services for homeless and runaway youth. As the core component of Preble Street Teen Services, the Teen Center helps to meet immediate needs — providing warmth and safety, nutritious meals, clothing and crisis intervention — while building positive relationships with young people, enhancing their self-esteem and offering them the opportunity to develop life skills that promote stability and independence.
For more, please click here for a video about Preble Street Teen Services.
“On behalf of the 350-youth served by Preble Street Teen Services, thank you to the entire TD Beach to Beacon 10K community, especially to the team at TD Bank,” said Mark Swann, executive director of Preble Street Teen Services. “The tremendous support that we felt as this year’s nonprofit beneficiary honors all of the clients that have needed – and will continue to need – the outreach, shelter, and housing services that Preble Street Teen Services offers and ensures that we can continue to help youth find stability and a safe place to live.”
TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®, recently signed a new five-year commitment to be the title sponsor for the TD Beach to Beacon 10K road race beginning with the 26th running of the iconic race this year.
“We remain deeply committed to our shared Maine community through our ongoing support of the TD Beach to Beacon 10K,” said Kate Burns, retail market president, Northern New England for TD Bank. “So many of our colleagues have a strong connection to this special race and all the good it does to help local organizations meet the critical needs of our Maine youth in a variety of impactful ways.”
The bank’s commitment includes continued support of the charitable beneficiary program that has helped dozens of Maine nonprofits raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to support Maine youth.
“We are incredibly fortunate to have TD Bank continue its long-standing sponsorship of this world-class race,” said David Backer, president of the TD Beach to Beacon 10K. “Our enduring partnership with TD has allowed us to make this race one of the premier running road races in the country and positively impact the local community through TD’s generous financial commitment to Maine’s youth every year.”
Race day recap:
For the first time in 26 years, severe weather overnight delayed the race for an hour but not the spirits of all those involved who made the event a success. This year’s running of Maine’s largest road race included more than 6,000 runners from around the world, 800 volunteers and hundreds of spectators along the scenic course that ends at the Portland Headlight.
Gabresilase Tadese Worku of Ethiopia (28:12) and Faith Chepkoech of Nairobi (32:05) are the winners of this year’s running of the TD Beach to Beacon 10K. For more results, please click here.
Preble Street is a nonprofit social service agency serving the most vulnerable people in Maine since 1975 through innovative, best-practice, client-centered programs. In addition to the largest direct service emergency food program in northern New England, Preble Street operates low-barrier programs throughout Maine providing 24/365 services for individuals and families, including homeless youth, women, veterans, and survivors of human trafficking, driven by its mission to meet urgent needs, empower people to move beyond the crises in their lives, and advocate for solutions to homelessness, hunger, and poverty. To break the cycle of homelessness, youth and young adults need an integrated system of care and safety. Preble Street Teen Services provides low-barrier access to shelter, food, basic needs, casework, mental health supports, education and employment services, and a variety of housing options for youth experiencing homelessness.
The TD Beach to Beacon 10K draws runners from New England and throughout the world to picturesque Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The race begins on Route 77 near the Crescent Beach State Park entrance, winds along tree-lined streets and past breathtaking ocean vistas and ends in Fort Williams Park at historic Portland Head Light, the most photographed lighthouse in the world. With its combined focus on sustainability and charitable donations, the race exemplifies TD Bank’s longstanding commitment to community enrichment through The Ready Commitment, a multi-year platform that actively promotes inclusivity, economic vitality, environmental well-being, health and increases opportunities for people of all backgrounds to succeed in a rapidly changing world. Through this platform, TD Bank aspires to create a more inclusive tomorrow — helping people of all backgrounds feel more confident, not just about their finances, but about their ability to achieve their goals.
The iconic event is managed by DMSE Sports of Woburn, Massachusetts. Along with the TD Beach to Beacon 10K, DMSE works with the B.A.A. on managing the Boston Marathon and other high-profile sports events.
For additional information about the race, visit www.beach2beacon.org, and find the TD Beach to Beacon 10K on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank, is one of the 10 largest banks in the U.S. by assets, providing over 10 million customers with a full range of retail, small business and commercial banking products and services at more than 1,100 convenient locations throughout the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Metro D.C., the Carolinas and Florida. In addition, TD Auto Finance, a division of TD Bank, N.A., offers vehicle financing and dealer commercial services. TD Bank and its subsidiaries also offer customized private banking and wealth management services through TD Wealth®. TD Bank is headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J. To learn more, visit www.td.com/us. Find TD Bank on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TDBank and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/TDBank_US/.
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