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Bangor, Maine – The Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC) of Maine Board of Directors met recently to appoint new members and elect officers. Since its founding in 1989, RMHC of Maine has granted more than $1.5 million to local organizations that help children and their families lead happier, healthier and more productive lives.

The RMHC of Maine Board elected Gary Eckmann of Bangor to the position of President. A founding member of RMHC of Maine, Eckmann also serves as Grant Administrator. He is an owner/operator of eight McDonald’s® restaurants in Bangor, Brewer, Millinocket and Dover-Foxcroft. In 2008, he was honored for his 45 years of service to McDonald’s.

Outgoing Board President Sheila Peabody, a resident of Yarmouth and former Maine McDonald’s Owner/Operator, was named Vice President of the Board. Wells resident Tom Perkins of Martin Brower, Inc. was elected to the position of Board Secretary. Roger Poulin of the certified public accounting firm, Baker Newman Noyes, was named Board Treasurer.

Newly appointed RMHC of Maine board members are Mary Bertolet of Yarmouth and Dan Coker of Brunswick. An attorney, Bertolet is a Portland Ronald McDonald House® volunteer and serves as Vice President of its Board of Directors. Coker also volunteers at the Portland Ronald McDonald House and is a former guest of the House. In addition, he is a member of the Portland Ronald McDonald House Board of Directors.

Bertolet and Coker join board members Joe Breisacher of Brunswick, Janice Hamilton of South Paris, Susan Soule of Falmouth and Rhonda Sprague of Glenburn.

About Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maine:
Information about RMHC of Maine can be found on the web at www.rmhcmaine.org.
There, non-profit organizations will find information about the grant application process including qualifications to apply. Contact information for making donations to RMHC of Maine is also posted on the Website. More information is also available by phoning: (207) 990-2763.

RMHC of Maine was founded in 1989 by a group of owner/operators of McDonald’s® restaurants in Maine and eastern New Hampshire as a means of giving back to their communities by supporting the children of Maine. Since then, RMHC of Maine has grown from a small not-for-profit organization to a powerful force of change in our communities and in our children’s lives. Over the past 20 years, RMHC of Maine has granted more than $1.5 million to local children’s programs that have made a measurable impact in our communities. For more information about Ronald McDonald House Charities, visit www.rmhcmaine.org.