The Boys & Girls Clubs & YMCA of Greater Waterville is getting ready to run an online auction fundraiser.

The Boys & Girls Clubs & YMCA of Greater Waterville is auctioning off a number of fun and unique items to raise money for our organization - and the more items we have the more money we can raise, so we're asking for your help.

Bid high, win an amazing item, and help our kids in need!

We serve residents of one of the poorest regions in Maine with 34.6% of incomes below poverty level and 50% of public school students reporting food insecurity. Over 80% of our youth qualify for the Free and Reduced Meals program and, as a result, attend our programs at no cost. We feed our youth a nutritious meal every day, offer a Weekend Meal Supplement Backpack every Friday during the school year, and a healthy lifestyle to last a lifetime.

We serve over 4,000 youth members from 191 communities in the following programs:

• Open Toddler Time
• Maine State Licensed Early Child Care
• DHHS licensed After School Program: 200 youth daily
• Kids' Kitchen: 60,000 free hot, nutritious meals and snacks each year.
• Weekend Meal Supplement Backpack Program: 125 families every Friday during the school year.
• Sustainable Gardening: fresh fruits and vegetables to Kids' Kitchen, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) curriculum.
• Family Dining Program: 60 families monthly
• Thanksgiving Dinner: 700 community members
• Project Learn - progress to next grade level on time and at competency.
• Let's Get Ready Program  - college prep and beyond
• Reach and Rise Therapeutic Mentoring Program
• Rebound to Success: at risk teens an alternative to sentencing
• New Balance Fitness Kid Power and Running Club
• Summer Enrichment Program: 150 youth weekly
• Camp Tracy Summer Day Camp: 1/5 the cost of competitors
• Baseball Camps/Challenger Baseball Program
• Youth Sports Development
• Kids with Cameras