Nurturing a Homegrown Health Care Workforce

Elizabeth Fairfield Phelps, RN, clinical faculty member for MaineHealth Waldo Hospital’s distance learning program with EMCC (right) with her students during a clinical day on the hospital’s medical surgical floor.
Nurturing a Homegrown Health Care Workforce

Elizabeth Fairfield Phelps, RN, clinical faculty member for MaineHealth Waldo Hospital’s distance learning program with EMCC (right) with her students during a clinical day on the hospital’s medical surgical floor.
Last year, MaineHealth Waldo Hospital launched a new distance learning program in partnership with Eastern Maine Community College, designed to prepare students for careers as registered nurses (RNs). This two-year program, hosted at the MHWH campus, allows students to attend virtual classes in a state-of-the-art classroom while completing their hands-on clinical training at the hospital. By the end of the program, students are fully equipped with the knowledge and hands-on experience needed to sit for their nursing board examination.
Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we were able to offer the program tuition-free to three MaineHealth care team members who were interested in pursuing a nursing degree. These students have committed to working for MaineHealth for at least two years following successful completion of the program. This commitment ensures that we continue to meet the growing health care needs of our community while nurturing a homegrown health care workforce.
Through continued philanthropic support, we plan to continue our partnership with Eastern Maine Community College to offer the distance learning program to help create a consistent pipeline of well-trained nurses prepared to serve our community.
Additionally, we’ve expanded our Clinical Scholarship Program, which is fully funded through philanthropic contributions. This program supports nurses and technicians at every stage of their careers at both MaineHealth Waldo and MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospitals. Scholarships are available to care team members across departments who are enrolled in accredited nursing programs or those employees wishing to pursue advanced degrees. The scholarship program also supports those in healthcare-related fields such as laboratory, radiology, surgical technicians, pharmacy technicians, therapy services and medical records coding/transcription. In August 2024, we awarded $85,000 in scholarship funding to 19 care team members, helping them advance their careers and enhance the level of care we provide.
This important work would not be possible without the support of donors, who are an integral part of achieving our vision of working together so our communities are the healthiest in America. Thank you, donors, for your commitment to our communities.
Donors Who Made a Gift in 2024
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Patricia Aboud
Arnold and Alcy Achorn
Fred and Catherine Adair
Michael Albano
Catherine Albert
Gilbert J. Albert
John Albert
Joseph L Albert
Marc G. Albert
Richard Albert
Mr. Robert Albert
Lee Albright
Philip and Betsy Allen
Susan Allen
Stephen and Lois Alley
Joseph Anderson
Kathleen Anderson
Diane and Steven Bacon
Florence Baker
Andrea Barbour
Doris and Henry Barlow
Adam Barnard
Yvonne F. Barrett
Shanna L. Barrows
Florence E. Basford, RN
Diana L. Beach
Linda Bean
Tracy Beck
Judy and David Beebe, MD
Casey Beesley
Andrew Bendheim
Meghan Benner
Mr. Paul B. Bergkamp and Ms. Martha I. Borrero
Marie and Wayne Berry
Gail and John Bertuzzi
Ann M. Bex
Lance Blackshaw
Martha and Sidney Block
Chandler Blodgett
Sheila Bodine
Paul and Vicki Boetsch
Jessie Davis and Dan Bookham
Emelie S. Born
Mary P. Born
Martha Bouchard
Philip and Joan Bowen
Steve and Jayne Bowler
Leigha Boyd
Tara Boynton
The Bresnahan Family
Gwendolyn Hudson and Mark Breton
Cherry and Donald Brewster
Barrett W. Brown
Charles and Kristin Brown
Mr. and Mrs. David C. Brown
Eddie and Sylvia Brown
Phelps Brown
Ryan and Erin Brown
Doug and Dale Bruce
Chester Bunsick
Ginger Burakowski
Angela Burns and John MacDonnell
Joanne and Stephen Burns
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Burt
William and Barbara Buss
Ed and Mary Cady
Katherine and Bartley Calder
Fred and Sharon Callahan
Larry Campbell
Levin Campbell
Timothy Canfield
Fred and Mary Alice Carey
Frank and Lynda Cassidy
John and Therese Castellani
Rosetta Celentano
Randall Chanler
Jodi Chase
Carol Chater
Sandra J. Cirillo
Peyton E. Clark
Ida and Gary Clarke
Sandra Clement
Lori Cobb
Tina Colby-Grotton
Bruce and Cathy Cole
Charles and Rebecca Collison
Michaela M. Colquhoun
Susan and David Colson
Jane Conrad
Charlotte C. Cook
Robert Coombs
James Cooper
Teresa Coose
Judith and Donald Cox
Thomas Cox
Charles and Maureen Cragin
Susan Crane
Sylvia E. Crane
Jean Crawford
Melissa Crowley
Keri and Dylan Cummings
Frederick and Joanne Cunningham
Hilary Cunningham
Janice Cunningham
Mr. Brendan Curran
Judith Curry
Sharon Curtis
Julie Cyr
Kristin Cyr
John and Linda Dabrio
Carol and Daniel Daigneault
Alexandra and William Dailey
Lise Dalton
Virginia Danielson
Alice S. Dashiell
Joyce C. Davies
Corliss and Rick Davis
Tashebajade Davis
Megan R. Day
Walter Day
Avis Delemontex
Mr. Eric Denault
Claire Deptula
Robert and Hazel Destefano
Liana and William Dickey
Catherine Dinsmore
Anne Dissinger
Kristin Dobbins
Dency R. Dokoozian
Judy and Alonzo Dorr
David and Katherine Doub
Lorraine Doucette
Lois and Gregory Dutch
Patricia Dyke
Lucy and James Ebbert
Patricia and Robert Eddy, Jr.
Lauren Egan
Cheryl A. Liechty, MD and Mark P. Eggena, MD, PhD
Kelly A. Elkins
Tim and Holly Emerson
Barry and Adele Faber
Mr. Joseph L. Faber and Ms. Sumy Daeufer
Jennifer Fairbrother
Allan and Linda Fairfield
Beatrice and John Fargnoli, Jr.
Mark and Katharine Farrell
Paul and Victoria Ferber
Jacqueline M. Ferrara
Pasqualina Ferrara
Leetha and Andrew Filderman, MD
David Flanagan
Maureen Flanagan
Jessica and Steven Flanary
Moray and Barbara Fleming
Margaret Flippo
Terry and Christine Flynn
Jacob Fongemie
Nancy H. Ford
Morgan Forster
Tracy Forzetting
Robert and Jasmine Fowler
Karen Foxwell
Maureen Foye
Debbie and Alan Friedman
June Fryer
Barbara Furman
Sherry Gagne
Adrienne and Jason Gallant
Elissa Garde Joia
Faith and Don Garrold
Rick and Syrena Gatewood
Eliza Geaghan
Dr. Phillip T. George
Jason and Jamie Geretz
Terry and Jacob Gerritsen
Leonard W. Gilmore and Michelle T. Hayes
Hannah Glidden
Ada L. Gordon
Sandra Gordon and Hugh McLean
Alice Gorman
Lisa Gorman
Mrs. Esther A. Gould and Mr. John A. Gould
Patricia Gourde
Samuel and Karen Gowan
Mrs. Ruth B. Grafton
Anthony and Sally Grassi
John and Rebecca Greene
Nancy L. Greenier
Cheyenne Grierson
Robert Griffin and Jacqueline Merrick
Jeffrey and Heather Grills
Phil Groman and Sarah Newell Price
Miriam J. Gryga
Bruce Guimond
Robert Gulick and Sara Arnold
Amy Guptill
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Gustafson
Bruce Haber and Darlene F. Whitcomb
David and Beth Hadley
Eve Hadley
Michael Hagenbuch
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic C. Hamilton, Jr.
Paul and Nancy Hamilton
Sharon Hanley
Elizabeth Harder
Stephen and Jane Hardy
Joan and Rick Harlow
Gary and Katherine Harper
Judith and Leroy Harrington
Ralph and Joyce Harvey
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis J. Haskell
Ken and Nathalie Hatch
Mr. and Mrs. Wally Heathcote
Chun Mei and Robert Hellerson
Dr. and Mrs. James R. Hengerer
Elizabeth Henry
Barbara Higgins
Caroline Higgins
Teresa Hillgrove
Lorna Hills
John Hoff and Laura Berkshire
Rona Hokanson
Rebecca O. Hokkanen
Albert O. Holland
Robert E. and Martha T. Holland
Patricia Hopkins
Marilyn Hotch
Robert and Pamela Hull
Elizabeth S. Hunt
Susan Hyde
Elizabeth Ignaszak
Mr. Peter K. Imber and Ms. Jo M. Dondis
Erica James
Jamel James
Caroline Janover
Ron and Shirley Jarvella
Randall and Kay Jenness
Anna Johnson
Michael and Shirley Johnson
Sandra Johnson
Shirley Johnson
Rendle and Pat Jones
William and Judith Jones
Rachel Judecki
Patricia and Richard Kahn
Walter and Linda Kaler
Ted and Susan Kanellakis
Judy P. Kao
Sara Kapinos
Gerald and Marsha Kaplan
David and Stephanie Karsten
Linda L. and James A. Kaylor
Kevin Kearns
Bud and Wendy Kellett
Donna Kelley, LCSW
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic R. Kellogg
Donna Kessler
Shelley King
Thomas and Anita King
Tania Kingsbury
James and Cynthia Kinnealey
Julie D. Kinney
Barbara Kivel
Jeanne and Paul Klainer, MD
Elinor Klivans
Caroline Knight
Howard Knowles
Christine Knowlton
Allegra Kuhn and Mr. Peter Walls
Stephanie Kumble
Robert and Gabriella Kurtz
Gail M. Ladd
Cathy Landau-Painter and Charles Mamane
Meredith A. Lang
Christina and Stan Lanphier
Erica Lauren
Jennifer Lavi
Michael and Audrey Lawson
Barb and Ken Leach
Sheila Leach
Ann and Ronald Leadbetter
Marianne Braun and Heinz Lehmann
Lionel and Mary Ellen Lemery
Raymond and Ellen Leone, Jr.
Jacqueline Letteney
Raymond Levesque
Kevin Lindstrom
Gerald Littlefield
Karen Littlefield
Sherri Littlefield
Laurie Lombard
Ronda Long
Patricia Lundholm
Bill MacFee
John and Betty Ann Mahoney
Cheryl Mancini
Lisa Manley
Charles Mansfield, Sr.
Anita Manuel
Joseph Manuel
Katherine Marchessault
Nancy Marks
Hugh and Sue Martin
Colin McCabe
James and Mary McGrath
Rev. Philip F. McKean, Ph.D.
Claire M. McLean
John and Wende Mcllwain
Peter and Amy McNaughton
Sarah and Jeff McParland
Beverly Mertz
Joseph Messler, Jr.
Patricia W. Messler
Irene Meyers
Ginger Micue
Katherine Migliorato
Michael and Deborah Millay
Ed and Carol Miller
Diane L. E. Green Minor and Q. Grady Minor
Allen and Marge Mitchell
Archie E. Mitchell
Richard Mitchell
Richard and Christina Molt
Marilyn and David Montano
Cara G. Moore
John C. Moran
Mary Moran, MD
Caroline and Wayne Morong
Michael Moroz
Susan and Bill Most
Dr. Andrew Mueller and Mrs. Courtney Mueller
Mark T Munger
Kathleen Murray-Allain
Stacie Myers
Paul and Helen Nadeau
Denise and Bob Needham
Rebecca Neila
Pat and James Nelson
Paul and Mary Neuhauser
Claudette and Gerald Newhall
Richard and Elaine Niles
Jeffrey and Elizabeth Nims
William Norfleet
Anne and Richard Norman
Marcia and Clayton Nowell
Deborah Nowers
Douglas and Judith O’Dell
Gary Oliver
Stacey Oliveto
Mary Orear
Mr. George A. Orestis
Theresa M. Ouellette and Rachel Michaud
Albert and Janice Overlock
Mrs. Martha Packer
Winfield and Nancy Padgett
Andrea and Todd Patstone
Priscilla and Keith Patten
Thomas Peacock
Hon. Alan C. Pease
Ms. Addie Pelletier and Mr. James Smith
J. Michael and Katherine Pierce
James L. Pierce
The Place Family
Rodney B. Plimpton
Susan Polyot
James R. Potter
Donna Poulin
Linda Price
Larry and Pat Quinn
Betsy and Chris Rector
Jennifer Reed
Elizabeth Repplier
Mr. Paul Richardson
Diana Rigg
Jonathan L. Rigg
Louine Robbins
Lloyd Roberts
Vera Roberts
Glenda Robinson – Loving Wife
Sandra Robinson
Alice C. Rogers
Martha and Paul Rogers
John Root
Paul Rosen and Lauren Dillard
David and Polly Roth
Gerald and Linda Roy
Glenn Ruesswick
Augustus Ruggieri
Deece Ruggles
Carlton and Lorna Russell
Terry Samway
Mary and Glen Sargent
Tom and Sally Savage
Carrie Sawyer
Deborah Schilder and Fritz Burke
Joanna Schleif
Susan G. Schorin and Marshall A. Schorin
Warren and Melody Schubert
David and Lori Beth Schwartz
Thomas and Christine Scott
Michelle Scott-Terven
Ellen Seidman and Walter Slocombe
Mary Serina
Esther Sexton
Ms. Heather R. Shanklin
Matthew W. Shaw
Mr. Richard A. Sheen
Mary Sheldon
Elizabeth C. Simmons
Ellen C. L. Simmons
Lisa M. Sirois
Mrs. Paula J. Sirois and Mr. Wayne A. Sirois
Michaela B. Skillings
Bill Slade
Eva M. Smith
Frederick Smith
Hazel Smith
Michelle R. Smith
Ronald and Leigh Smith
Ms. Tracy G. Smith
Susan and Robert Snead, MD
Terence Sokoloff
Anthony and Anne Solley
Robert Souther
Kailey Spaulding
Linda and Robert Starbird
Ms. Geraldine Steele
Judy Stein
Robert Steinmetz and Patricia Ashton
Dr. William and Elizabeth Stephenson
Dr. Paul Sternberg and Mrs. Gloria Sternberg
Jane and E. William Stetson, III
Maureen Stevens
Dr. Jennifer Stoddard
Erika Stone
Courtney L. Sukeforth
Rita and Douglas Sukeforth
Robert and Julie Sullivan
Thomas S. Swinton
Stuart and Janey Symington
Dr. Daniel R. Tardif and Mrs. Kathleen M. Tardif
David P. Taylor
Marga Taylor
Martin and Lynne Taylor
Leanne E. Taylor-Temple
Betsy Terrell
Mary Elsa and Skip Theobald
Georgie Thomas
Traci L. Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Tyson Thornton
Carol and Douglass Timberlake
Vincent and Douglas Tirola
Jean and RufusTitus
Jana and James Tobin, III
Mary Ann and Richard Topping
C. Brian Trask
Melissa R. Tripp
Linda Tripp, P.R.
John and Ronalee Trogner
Robert and Ann Turcotte
Jean Tweedie
Marie Underwood
Peter Van Alstine
Donald J. and Kathleen Z. Van Dusen
G. Jan Van Heek and Christine Van Heek
Mrs. and Mr. Van Peski
Margaret and Martyn Vickers, Jr., MD
Kermit and Michael Voncannon
Bengt and Lena Wallstrom
Jaclyn Walter
Mark Waltz
Ms. Kimberly L. Ward
Joseph Ward
Nancy Warren
Jack and Debbie Waterman
Holly Watkins
Olive and Josine Watson
Tammy L. Watts
James Weathersby
Lee Webb
Susan H. Webster
Vikki Webster-Swan
Wendy and Robert Weiler
Peter Wellin
David and Marilyn Wenner
Debby Wheelock and Chuck Paine
Carla Ned White
Kim White
Marian White
Sarah Wickenden and Christopher Lawton
Wendy and Roger Wickenden
Gabrielle and Joseph Wicklow
Ward and Tracy Wickwire
Phyllis Wiggin
Barbara and James Wihlborg
Andrea and Shawn Wilcox
Sara and Peter Wilds
Irma J. Wilhelm
Stephen and Patricia Wilkinson
Carlton Willers
Pen and Bev Williamson
Ms. Heather M. Willis
Ellie and Jeff Willmann
Debra and Alan Winchenbach
MacKenzie Wing
Donna Wolin
Timothy and Amanda Wood
Wendy T. Wood
Jeremy and Charlie Wright
John Wright
Kimberly A. York
Spencer and Janice Youngblood
Elaine Zimmerman
Aransas-Corpus Christi Pilots
Belfast Cooperative, Inc.
Blanket Fort Foundation
Camden National Bank
City of Belfast
Clarence and Anne Dillon Dunwalke Trust
Doris E. Hodson Trust
Fisher Engeneering
Eric and Simone Lang Foundation
F.L. Putnam Investment Management Co.
Hall Funeral Home
Hannaford Food & Drug Belfast
Hebert Construction
Henley Foundation
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
John Enk Charitable Trust
John T. Gorman Foundation
KeyBank National Assocation Trust Division
Lincolnville Women’s Club
Madge H. Walker Charitable Trust
Maine Cancer Foundation
Mary S. Enk Trust
Mid-Coast Breast Cancer Support Group
MMG Insurance Company
Northeast Delta Dental Foundation, Inc.
Primrose Chapter O.E.S. #152
Quirk Chevrolet GMC of Rockland
Ralph B. Rogers Foundation
Rockland Lodge No. 1008
Sherman Family Foundation
Spectrum Healthcare Partners
Stanley Chevrolet
The Green Hill Foundation
The Ingrid Mahan Foundation
United Midcoast Charities