Maine Water staff donate coats to help our communities stay warm
SACO, Maine, Feb. 2, 2026 — Maine Water employees once again came together to support local communities by collecting and donating more than 140 winter coats this season.
Maine Water’s Coats for Kids program is an employee-funded program to purchase brand new coats for families in need this winter. This year, employees’ contributions purchased 146 new winter coats.
“Our dedicated water professionals, who live and work in the very Maine communities we serve, once again showed they are as passionate about contributing to the quality of life in our communities as they are about delivering high-quality water to our customers each and every day,” Maine Water President Mark Vannoy said. “Since starting the initiative, our teams helped more than 1,300 people stay a little warmer through the cold, Maine winters.”
The coats were distributed to the following organizations:
- Homeless Liaison for BD/Saco/Dayton schools
- Thomaston Grammar School
- Owls Head Community School
- Union Elementary School
- Warren Community School
- Skowhegan School
- Seeds Of Hope
- Knox County Homeless Coalition
- Bucksport -Pastor Remick
Maine Water employees stretch the donated funds by shopping off-season and at clearance sales. Shopping for 2026 will begin in just a few weeks. Since beginning in 2013, Maine Water employees have donated more than 1,300 coats in our communities.