2024 Race Beneficiaries
Each year, the volunteer organizers of the Gorham Savings Bank Maine Marathon select a group of charitable organizations in our community to receive proceeds from the race. Below are the 2024 race beneficiaries. All of these amazing organizations benefit directly from your race registration fee — and they are all among the list of charities you can make additional donations to when signing up for any of this year’s events.
Percival Baxter Foundation
The Percival Baxter Foundation for Maine’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing children aims to benefit, support and enhance programs and services for children with hearing loss in Maine, their families, and provide professional development training for professionals with whom they work.
Maine Paws for Veterans
Maine Paws for Veterans matches qualified dogs with veterans living with military-related Post-Traumatic Stress. In this unique program, pairs progress through service dog training together, enriching both lives while building peer relationships.
Maine Senior Games
Maine Senior Games is an organization that promotes healthy, active lifestyles among adults 45 and over through competitive sports events. Offering a wide range of athletic activities, from track and field to swimming and pickleball, the games encourage seniors to maintain physical fitness, engage in social interaction, and celebrate the joy of sport at any age.
Riding to the Top
Riding to the Top focuses on therapeutic horseback riding and equine-assisted activities for children and adults with disabilities in Maine. By facilitating meaningful connections between people and horses, the organization aims to improve physical, emotional, and social well-being, offering participants a unique and empowering therapeutic experience.
Saltwater Classroom
Saltwater Classroom fosters an ethic of ocean stewardship in young students, as well as learners of all ages, through hands-on ocean education, tech-integration, and global collaboration.
Strong Girls United
Strong Girls United empowers young girls to be strong, confident, and resilient through sports, mentorship, and mental health programming. Their curriculum and programs are intentionally designed based on this principle and guided by their motto: strong bodies, kind hearts, and unstoppable minds.
“Since 1997, this effort has enabled us to contribute over $7 million to deserving causes. Moreover, the marathon weekend significantly benefits the local economy, generating an economic impact exceeding $1.3 million. We value the substantial support of our esteemed partner, Gorham Savings Bank, who help make our efforts possible.”
–Bob Dunfey, Volunteer Race Director
