Teens Who Care

Nominate someone for Teens Who Care!

We are accepting nominations for teens in your area who are doing exceptional work in their communities. Teens can be nominated year-round. Each teen selected as one of our Teens Who Care will receive a $2000 scholarship to the college of their choice.

Teens Who Care: Kassidy Giggey

There are 24 hours in a day. If you're a teen, seven hours are usually spent going to school, two to four hours are spent on after school activities, about two for homework and six to eight are spent sleeping. That doesn't leave much room for anything else, but somehow Kassidy Giggey of Brewer finds the time time to do more, including starting her own prom dress donation center. Over the past three years Giggey Girl Gowns has given away over 200 dresses.

Teens Who Care: Girls Advisory Board for Hardy Girls, Healthy Women

Hardy Girls, Healthy Women is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the health and well being of girls and women. The organization is based out of Waterville, but is helping girls throughout the entire state. In 2005 Hardy Girls, Healthy Women decided to start an advisory group as a way to keep the organization current on what was going on in girls lives.

Teens Who Care: Jade Stevens

Jade Stevens founded HOPE, Helping Others Persevere at Erskine, when she was a freshman. This organization collects the basic necessities for students who might not otherwise be able to buy them like school supplies as well as food and clothes when needed. Jade is a student at Erskine who wanted to give back her fellow student.

Teens Who Care: Eloise Melcher

Eloise Melcher is a senior at Mount Ararat High School and has been involved with the Big Brothers Big Sister's program for 2 years. Her Little, Cory, attends Mount Ararat Middle School and it is here they meet once a week to do school work and hang out. Eloise is a role model for Cory and is helping to shape and guide him to the best he can be.

Teens Who Care: Nikita Naumowicz

Nikita Naumowicz, a senior at Noble High School, has been apart of YAADA since her freshman year. YAADA, Young Adults Against Dating Abuse, is a school based program of Caring Unlimited. Nikita is helping to educate her peers on the dynamics of teen dating violence and healthy relationships.

Teens Who Care: DJ Brooks

Teens Who Care: Tyler Dorr

Tyler is using his love for art to teach it to children through ArtVan, a mobile arts therapy program. Tyler has been a part of ArtVan for two years and has become a friend and mentor to many of the children that are a part of this program.

Teens Who Care: Olivia Brown

If Olivia Brown's peers could sum here up in one word, that word would be committed.

Teens Who Care: Michelle Boucher

Michelle Boucher has found a way to connect her community with her high school. Along with the help of her classmates, she has put on a dress drive for those needing a dress for formal dances at Fryeburg Academy. When a local boy, Bryson, became ill, Michelle and her classmates pulled together and put on a spaghetti dinner to help with medical expenses.

Teens Who Care: Cody Smith

Cody Smith is a teen who cares about his community. When he is not giving of his time at the Victorian Villa Rehabilitation and Living Center he is a junior fire fighter with the Rumford and Andover Fire Departments.

Teens Who Care: Key Clubs of New England

Key Clubs are student organizations within high schools that go out in the communities and volunteer.  Key Clubs of New England have volunteered their time to Camp Sunshine, in Casco, Maine since 2001. 

Julia Brown

Julia is a youth advocate for Forget Tobacco, a non-profit organization showing young people how great life can be without tobacco. 

Halee Jandreau

Halee Jandreau is a senior at Bonny Eagle High School. Her love for helping others has led her to Riding To The Top, a therapeutic riding center.  Here, Halee is a volunteer who sidewalks the horses during the lessons,  tends to the horses' needs and helps in teaching the clients during the lessons.  Halee has also given of her time to the Kent family, by using her skills learned at Riding To The Top, to help teach Kason, who has Autism. 

Sarah Stanley

Sarah Stanley of Sanford High School is a Teen Who Cares.

Adam Bryant

Adam Bryant is a student intern at Ethel's Tree of Life in South Berwick, Maine.  ETL is a non profit organization that provides transitional training from youth to adulthood for students who live with disabilities and/or special needs. 

Lisbon High School Young Adult Community Service Volunteer Club

As a galvanized group of 76 students, the Lisbon High School Volunteer Club contributed 4,012 hours of service this year!

Kimberlee Watson

Kimberlee started The Dance Club at Sanford High School, allowing students who cannot afford dance classes to study dance.

Makayla Carpenter

Makayla founded the organization "Ribbons for Linda" at just 14 years old.

Mount View High School's "Share" program

A group of 40 students dedicated to their community.