COURTESY OF PROFESSIONAL LOGGING CONTRACTORS OF THE NORTHEAST
The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of
the Northeast raised a record $287,691 for
Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals in
Maine in 2023 through its annual Log A Load for Kids
fundraising efforts.
The total shattered the previous record set in 2022 of
$262,403, with the PLC’s two Log A Load golf
tournaments and the Log A Load live auction at the
PLC’s annual membership meeting performing
strongly while funds raised at the American Loggers
Council (ALC) annual meeting in Bethel also
contributed to the total.
“It is truly inspiring that despite the many challenges
facing the Northeast’s logging industry, PLC’s
Members, Supporting Members, friends, and families
rallied once again in 2023 to raise a record amount for
Children’s Miracle Network hospitals,” Dana Doran,
Executive Director of the PLC, said. “No matter what
the conditions in the industry are, this group always
reaches deep for the kids and their families.”
On Jan. 19, Doran presented a check for the funds to
representatives from Northern Light Eastern Maine
Medical Center in Bangor and The Barbara Bush
Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center in
Portland. The check was presented at PLC’s office in
Augusta. Those accepting the check on behalf of the
hospitals were Victoria Sorrentino, Philanthropy
Officer for the Eastern Maine Medical Center
Children’s Miracle Network Hospital program at
Northern Light Health, and Kate Richardson,
Children’s Miracle Network Senior Philanthropy
Manager for Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital (BBCH).
“It’s difficult to properly express the gratitude that
we feel for this community. We continue to be in awe of
the ways the bar is raised each year and how this
community rises to the challenge every time,”
Richardson said. “We were also thrilled to welcome
loggers from across America this year who helped us
achieve this incredible fundraising total during the
ALC’s annual membership meeting. It certainly proves
that the generosity of the logging community extends
far beyond Maine’s state lines.”
“I’d like to echo Kate’s sentiments. The words thank
you don’t seem enough to express how grateful we are to folks in the logging and forest products industry,” Kelly Pearson, Director of the Children’s Miracle Network Hospital program and Corporate Engagement at Northern Light Health, said. “Each year they dig deeper to ensure that kids who need care have access to the very best in Maine. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.”
