Run to Belong
June 25, 2022, 9am*
Kennebec Valley YMCA, Augusta 
Click here to Register : first 100 registrants get t-shirts!

*Details 

7:30-8:25 Sign in inside the YMCA! Grab some swag, make a quick restroom stop, and pin your bib!
8:30am - 1 Mile Fun Run ( Just for fun - no registration required! )
9:00am - 5K run or walk
Postrace - awards and high fives!

ROUTE: Out and back on a paved rail trail

STROLLERS. BIKES, SCOOTERS, WHEELCHAIRS: all permitted on the beautiful rail trail! Note that our professional race timers may start the runners first, for safest pacing.

DOGS: Leashed pups may join outside portion of the event.


 

Race Sponsors ensure that 100% of proceeds go straight to camp: 
Kennebec Savings Bank
HB Insurance
Lakeside Landscape
Landry/French Construction
Standard Waterproofing
Community Care
Maine-ly Elder Care

Maine-ly Docks

NLC Ink

Additional Fundraising Events

WIN $2500 vacation from AAA- tickets still available
Here's a chance for a double win!!
Win #1: is for the youth of Camp To Belong. Buying tickets will help support their many needs during the camp week, %100 of profits goes directly to CTB Maine.
Win #2: You could win a $2500 travel voucher- all you have to do is buy a ticket! From now until the end April you can buy one ticket for $10,  OR  3 for $25, 6 for $50, and so on...for a chance to win a $2,500 Vacation Package through AAA of Waterville,ME. 
Email us to purchase a ticket

Spring 2022 Crowdfunding campaign in memory of Susan Small Hanson

Susan Small Hanson passed away on March 18th, 2012- 10 years ago this year. Susan was a social worker for the Department of Health and Human Services in Augusta, ME. When she passed, Susan was working as a Supervisor in Child Protective Services. Camp To Belong was near and dear to her heart. Susan and her daughter, Kay participated in many Camp To Belong fundraisers when Kay was young.

CTB ME NEWS

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February 2021 - Topsham student creates online benefit for siblings separated by foster care

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March 2020 - Camp's Executive Director Adrian Phair volunteers her time, and was recently chosen as the Maine American 2020 Mother of the Year

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May 2019 - Camp To Belong Hosts 5k to Raise Money to Send Children in Foster Care to Summer Camp

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August 2018 - "Siblings Separated by Foster Care Get a Week Together at Summer Camp", NBC News Center Maine

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Recent Sister Camps and the News 

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February 2022 - Camp To Belong River Valley on the Drew Barrymore Show 

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Research​

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October 2020 -"'Knowing that I wasn't alone': an Evaluation of a Therapeutic Camp Reunifying Siblings in Foster Care"

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May 2019 - "Evaluating the Impact of Camp-Based Reunification on the Resilience of Siblings Separated by Foster Care, ScienceDirect