to celebrate 100th anniversary
COURTESY OF VERSANT POWER
This October, representatives from Versant Power and non-profit organizations in Versant’s service territory gathered at The Stage Door in Bangor for check presentations. Ten organizations received $10,000 in honor of Versant’s 100th Anniversary. These grants were shareholder funded and not funded by ratepayers.
“Versant Power has been providing safe and reliable power to northern and eastern Maine for over 100 years, and what better way to celebrate this milestone than by being able to show our support to the communities we serve and get our employees involved in the process,” said John Flynn, president of Versant Power.
After over 200 applications came in during the summer, Versant team members voted to award $10,000 to each of these non-profit organizations:
• Aroostook House of Comfort – Presque Isle
• Bangor Humane Society – Bangor
• Central Aroostook Humane Society – Presque Isle
• Habitat for Humanity – Orland
• Hope and Justice – Presque Isle
• Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry – Ellsworth
• Maine Youth Fish & Game Association – Milford
• Ronald McDonald House Charities – Bangor
• Sarah’s House of Maine – Holden
• SPCA of Hancock – Trenton
Five additional non-profits were awarded $1,000 grants through the program: Beth C. Wright Cancer Research Center, Town of Frenchville Fire Department, Old Town Animal Orphanage, Penobscot Theatre, and Safe Kids Maine.
Versant Power would like to thank its employees, customers, partners, and other stakeholders for all their support over the years. A lot has changed since the Bangor Hydro-Electric Company was organized in the summer of 1924, but our commitment remains intact, then, now and into the future.
