CESChangemaker Champion
The piece that fills the field. Monthly giving lets CES plan a full year of free programs. Under a dollar a day, and your name on the thank-you post if you want it.
Become a Champion
Giving Tuesday · December 1
Fill the field.
On Giving Tuesday, every gift to CES puts a piece on our Whittier Road campus map. Fifty Changemaker Champions fills the field. It is how we count, and how young people in rural Maine keep getting a real store, a real makerspace, and real work to do.
Gifts fund free programs, not construction. A piece on the map stands for a person, not a purchase.
Who you're supporting
Young people running a real business in rural Maine.
CES is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Farmington, Maine. Young people ages 10 to 24 run a real store on Main Street, build in a real makerspace, and take on real paid work. They learn to sell, make, manage money, and lead. Every program is free, and your Giving Tuesday gift is what keeps it that way.
- 193young people served so far
- Freefor every young person who takes part
- Real workmentoring, entrepreneurship, a first paycheck
Three ways to give
Pick your piece.
Plant a wildflower
A one-time gift of any size drops a wildflower in the grass and puts your name on the thank-you list. Every bit of it goes to the kids.
Give onceClaim a storefront
For businesses. A single gift of $250, $500, $1,000 or more claims a storefront on Main Street with your name and logo. Twenty storefronts to fill.
Claim a storefront
One Champion$25/mo
Fills the field$1,250/mo
A full year of free programs$15,000
How the field works
A map of people, not a construction bill.
The campus map is just how we count the campaign. Every gift puts a piece on it, and the money goes straight to free programs: mentoring, entrepreneurship education, and paid work experience for young people. When the field is full, CES can plan a whole year of it.