None of us could have predicted the challenges 2020 has brought so far. So many lives have been impacted, including the vulnerable youth we serve who continue to face family conflict, hunger, and housing instability during this pandemic. Thank you for supporting New...
Turning Destruction into Signs of Hope: Youth leaders help create and share beauty in challenging times. Under the spring stay-at-home order our agency headquarters and Drop-in Center (the Ann Geiger Center for New Beginnings at 134 College Street in Lewiston) was...
This newsletter is all about DEDICATION. It has been four decades since New Beginnings opened the doors of our very first program to serve youth and families in crisis — the emergency youth shelter which has operated continuously since 1980. Over those 40 years...
Welcome to our Autumn 2019 New Beginnings News! In this issue, we invite you to our annual Open House during National Runaway & Homeless Youth Prevention Month and introduce our new look and refreshed logo! Our feature article shares the success of our family...
Our Outreach Program is gaining national attention for the innovative ways they are working to alleviate hunger for the more than 500 young people who enter our Drop-In Center each year. 100% of youth who visit our Drop-In Center are food insecure. Historically, to...
She Followed Her Dreams In Spite of Hardships Can you imagine being uprooted from everything you’ve ever known, moved halfway across the world, and abandoned at the age of 15? Beatriz was only 13 when she moved with her father to Maine from West Africa. She enrolled...
