For Immediate Release:

February 1, 2012

For More Information, Please Contact:

Greg White, Public Relations Coordinator

207-622-7083 (o); 202-674-4491(c)

Maine Health Care Advocacy Group Selected to Participate

in Non-Profit Day at State House

(Augusta) Consumers for Affordable Health Care (CAHC), the largest consumer health care advocacy group in Maine, will participate in the 9th Annual Maine Non-Profit Day event at the State House on Thursday, February 2. The event will take place from 8:30am-1pm in the Hall of Flags. The Maine Association of Non-Profits (MANP) is sponsoring and hosting the event.

"This event is a prime opportunity to showcase a diverse group of non-profits from areas throughout the entire state," said CAHC Consumer Assistance Program Manager Jaime D'Errico. "Non-profits play an essential role in Maine's economy, not only as small businesses themselves, but by also providing vital services to Maine people and their communities. We're sometimes the last resort to help prevent people from falling through society's cracks."

Joining the Portland-based MANP and CAHC, located in Augusta, at the event will be:

Alice James Poetry Cooperative, Inc. (Alice James Books), Farmington
Cobscook Community Learning Center, Trescott
Community Counseling Center, Portland
Frannie Peabody Center, Portland
Friends of Seguin Island Light Station, Bath
Maine Robotics, Orono
Mano en Mano, Milbridge
Natural Resources Council of Maine, Augusta
Operation Breaking Stereotypes, Orono
Spurwink, Portland
Trekkers, Tenants Harbor

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