The Cromwell Center for Disabilities Awareness

06/24/2026

What a night! Our Celebrating INCLUSION auction last Thursday was a resounding success, and we exceeded our fundraising goal! Huge thanks to our media sponsor WMTW-TV; they are a fabulous supporter of our work. Check out the lovely thank you video that they - along with some adorable kids - made to say thank you to all the donors, sponsors, bidders, guests, speaker and volunteers who made the event shine.

04/28/2026

We've been busy! We're wrapping up our school programs for the year and send out a HUGE thank you to all the schools who hosted our inclusion programs this year. Now we turn our attention to our 2026 Celebrating INCLUSION Dinner & Auction on June 18. Check out all the info on our event website https://secure.qgiv.com/event/inclusion26/ Of course we'd love your auction item donations if you'd like to support this fundraiser, such as arts and crafts, jewelry, resturant gift certificates, Maine outings, etc.:

Fundraising and disabilities awareness event to support school programs that build inclusion and respect in Maine classrooms

07/01/2025

Our annual auction is always a blast, but it's also a great time to highlight our mission and to hear the "why" behind our classroom disabilities awareness and inclusion programs. This year we were honored to hear from three people about their own reasons. In addition to our board chair Dr. Kate McCrann, we loved hearing personal "whys" from two guest speakers: Jane Kilbride Dupuis of the Cumberland/North Yarmouth school system, and Dana Bigelow, a Syracuse University student from Falmouth whose younger sister has a rare genetic disorder. Thank you to Jane and Dana for sharing your personal thoughts on why respect and inclusion matter.

06/30/2025

Our Celebrating INCLUSION Dinner & Auction was a great success! We'll post pictures shortly, but in the meantime we send a huge THANKS to our Silver and Bronze sponsors:

SILVER:
Atlantic National Trust
Berman & Simmons
Combined
Maine Marathon
Kaplan & Grant
Wipfli

BRONZE:
Austin Associates
Baker Newman Noyes
Carlin & Shapiro
Deb Whitworth, in memory of her sister Diane Vickery
Harvard PIlgrim Health Care
Kate McCrann & Bo Bigelow
MEMIC
PortMA
One Stop Event Rentals
Roberta Lipsman
Scott Liston
Sevee & Maher Engineers
Solidarity Law
Verrill
Vertical Harvest

Thank you all for your commitment to respect and inclusion!

05/28/2025

Before you check out our online auction item preview (bidding opens June 7), we want to give a public thanks to our Gold Sponsors, Judy Glickman Lauder and Martin's Point Health Care and to our Silver Sponsors: Atlantic National Trust, Combined, Maine Marathon, Kaplan & Grant, and Wipfli.

Fundraising and disabilities awareness event to support school programs that build inclusion and respect in Maine classrooms

05/21/2025

We can't wait for June 12 and our Celebrating INCLUSION Dinner & Auction! Please join us, sponsor the event, or donate an auction item to help support our classroom disabilities aawreness and inclusion programs!

Shoutout to our Title Sponsor, Unum; our Media Sponsor, WMTW-TV Channel 8; our Diamond Sponsors Jamie Kaplan & Suzanne Meeker; and our our Platinum Sponsors: Les Otten/Maine Energy Systems (MESys) and Public Consulting Group (PCG)!

Fundraising and disabilities awareness event to support school programs that build inclusion and respect in Maine classrooms

04/25/2025

As we spread the word about our Celebrating INCLUSION Dinner & Auction on June 12, we are grateful to have the support of WMTW Channel 8, our long time media sponsor, and all the other local companies and individuals who sponsor this event. We believe that people with disabilities deserve respect and inclusion, and we look forward to a fabulous evening raising funds for our disabilities awareness programs in Maine schools that help students become more inclusive, kind, and respectful.

Check out WMTW's event promo: