Board of Directors

George S Bottomley, DVM, PA-C Emeritus, President

Whitney Taggart, Mid Coast Medical Group Pediatrics, Vice President

Mike Licamele, Real Estate, Renewable Energy, Smart Cities, Treasurer

Julie Marquis, Five County Credit Union, Secretary

Laurie Bisson, Bisson Real Estate

Larry Bartlett, Youth Forum Maine

Hopper McDonough, Business Owner/Parent

Ed Mangini, RN, Retired

Andrew Booth, Chief, Bath Police Department

Doran Wright, Advocate for Justice-Involved Youth

Erin Connolly, Maine Barn Company, Parent

Scott Price, J. Edward Knight & Co. Insurance

Bennett Sherry, Education, Parent

Deb Hagler, MD, Mid Coast Pediatrics

David Ouellette, North Woolwich Methodist Church,

Aura Doak, Business/Community Member

Joel Merry, Sagadahoc County Sheriff's Department

Jeff Labbe, Edward Jones Financial

Karen Curley, Social Worker Bath Middle School

 

"Do Nothing For Me, Without Me"

At MYC, we know that if we want to build a promising future for youth, our youth must lead the way by lending their voices and by being decision makers at our table. In 2022, through the Working Communities Initiative, a Sagadahoc County Youth Action Board was developed to inform work not only at MYC but across the county.

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Jamie Dorr, Executive Director/Founder

Jamie Dorr is the Executive Director and Founder of Midcoast Community Alliance, a grassroots community coalition that began in July 2016 after several youth suicide losses in the Bath area. Since that time, Jamie has been instrumental in creating innovative solutions to previously unmet needs in Sagadahoc County, Brunswick and Harpswell to ensure youth are supported and equipped to thrive.

She developed Midcoast Youth Center, which yearly serves over 650 youth with a safe place to go afterschool and operates the adjoining Bath Skatepark, the largest indoor skatepark in Maine, which was developed by local teens in the early 2000s. Working with partners, she developed the Merrymeeting Support Collaborative for Youth Experiencing Homelessness, a partnership between Midcoast Youth Center and school districts RSU1 and MSAD75, which serves over 60 homeless children and teens each year. Her leadership was crucial to Sagadahoc County community receiving a Working Communities Challenge grant from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston with the goal of reducing youth hopelessness and creating a diverse web of youth supports.

Her work has earned 15 awards at the local, county, and state level, as well as 2019 Difference Maker of the Year from the New England Patriots. She lives in Bath with her husband of 26 years. Together they have three children and enjoy spending summers on Chebeague Island.

Tim Wylie, Associate Director

Midcoast Youth Center is thrilled to announce Tim Wylie’s move into the Associate Director role in January 2024. Tim joined the MYC team in September as the Waypoint Program Director and is looking forward to engaging more with the greater MYC community through this new opportunity.

Tim’s background in expeditionary and adventure education will be a great asset to our team, from his many years of experience with Outward Bound, leading up to 30 day trips as an instructor and then eventually serving as the program and safety director. Tim lives in Bath with his partner, Emily and their two daughters Lily and Sierra. Be sure to say hi to Tim if you see him running through town, likely with one of his girls in the jogging stroller, blasting a Disney soundtrack.

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Donna Verhoeven

Donna Verhoeven

Youth Outreach Coordinator
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Lisa St. Pierre

Teen Center Manager
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Rebecca Trask

Bookkeeper
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Molly Webber, BSW

Youth Mentor & Social Media Specialist
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Aly Giroux

Program Coordinator
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Katrina Cornish

Waypoint Program Manager
Jen Dobransky

Jenn Dobransky

COAST Workforce Program Director
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Kirsten Latter

Community Resource Navigator
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Shakira Cyprien

Youth Program Assistant
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Elliot Dorr

Youth Program Leader, Rising Youth Activists
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Riley Hall

Customer Service Rep, Rising Youth Activists
Isaac Marquis

Isaac Marquis

Skatepark Pro, Youth Program Leader
Michaela Pettersen

Michaela Pettersen

Groundskeeper
Jeppie Phillips

Jeppie Phillips

Youth Program Leader, Rising Youth Activists
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Isabella Short-Galuza

Social Media Specialist, Rising Youth Activists

Awards & Recognitions

MCA and founder Jamie Dorr have been acknowledged with:

  • 2017 Volunteer of the Year Award from the Bath YMCA
  • 2017 Community Builder award from United Way,
  • 2017 Caring About Lives Award from the Maine CDC
  • 2017 Citizen of the Year Bath, Maine
  • 2017 Portland Press Herald’s 10 Mainers We are Thankful For
  • 2017 Spirit of America Foundation award from the Sagadahoc County Commissioners
  • 2018 Paul Harris Award from the Bath Sunrise Rotary
  • 2018 Volunteer of the Year Award from Maine Parks & Recreation Association
  • 2018 Community Project Award City of Bath for Set for Success
  • 2018 20 Outstanding Women in Maine from Coast 93.1
  • 2018 Humanitarian Award Maine Chiefs of Police Association
  • 2019 Difference Maker of the Year New England Patriots Foundation
  • 2020 Spirit of America Education Tribute Award
  • 2021 Paul Harris Award from the Bath Sunrise Rotary
  • 2022 Mainsail Award from Morse High School SCLC
  • 2022 Paul Harris Award from Bath Sunrise Rotary
Jamie Dorr receives New England Patriots Foundation 2019 Difference Maker of the Year!
Jamie Dorr receives New England Patriots Foundation 2019 Difference Maker of the Year!
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Our Story

In July 2016, after another loss of a young person to suicide, the Bath Youth Meetinghouse & Skatepark organized a meeting with five local organizations to address the high rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide found within our community.

By the fall, the Midcoast Community Alliance had grown to include nearly 75 people from 34 different organizations all working together to reduce mental health stigma, to encourage help seeking and, ultimately, to be a suicide-free community.

Our coalition of concerned community members, students, parents, educators, mental health professionals, physicians, law enforcement and churches - grew to become Midcoast Youth Center in 2020.

Midcoast Youth Center, located at the former Bath Youth Meetinghouse & Skateaprk, provides a diverse array of programs and services designed to improve the lives of youth and prevent youth suicide in Sagadahoc County, Brunswick, and Harpswell.

We place an emphasis on meeting the basic needs of youth, offering free food, clothing and toiletries. We work closely with health experts to connect teens to vaping cessation, mental health services and substance use treatment.

Our Merrymeeting Homeless Youth Project provides critical outreach services to children and youth up to age 24 to increase their school attendance and stabilize community life.  Youth receive assistance with access to healthcare, food, clothing, shelter, and in navigating complex systems to obtain health insurance, stable housing, college enrollment, and employment.

We provide a variety of “out-of-school” learning experiences to Bath Middle School students. Using a collaborative and mindfully coordinated approach to support the whole child with academic success and social-emotional wellness, Midcoast Youth Center delivers afterschool and summer programming for local youth.

During the 2019-20 school year, we also provided distance learning support to 45 students in middle & high school.

Encouraging Healthy Community Dialogue

In April 2017, we hosted A Call to Action for Suicide Prevention in partnership with Bath Police Department & NAMI Maine. With over 125 people in attendance, we began an important community conversation about how we can work to support those who are hurting so they can find hope and healing.

YOU MATTER Events

We have hosted 3 surprise YOU MATTER events at middle & high schools in RSU1, after learning that only 49% of students felt like they mattered to their community. 

Youth Mental Health First Aid Training

We partner with Mid Coast Hospital and NAMI Maine to offer Youth Mental Health First Aid trainings in the community. We work to educate parents and adults who interact with teens, to identify and respond appropriately to a teen in crisis.