Kids First Center in the News

Maine Sunday Telegram, January 21, 2007

"Sunday Chat: Peg Libby

Helping Children Navigate Parents' Divorce"

Ten common questions and answers about separation, divorce, and the Kids First Center.

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The Current, August 4 2005

"Scarborough 10-year-old racing for Kids First" by Ken Tatro

Ten-year-old Robby Hall of Scarborough decides to run the 6.4 mile Beach to Beacon Road Race and raise hundreds of dollars for Kids First in the process.  Hall's parents are divorcing and he figured running the race as part of their team would be a good way to help the organization. Read article

Maine Women's Journal, Spring 2005
"Putting Kids First in Stepparenting" by Terri DeCoster Grasso
Current research shows that more than half of all Americans today have been or will be in one or more stepfamilies during their lives. Most people entering remarriage with children have not educated themselves about life in a stepfamily. Read article.

Maine Sunday Telegram, Sunday, March 27 2005
"Auction, festivities at historic West Mansion put Kids First" by Natalie Brenner
The Kids First Center recently borrowed the West Mansion for an elegant evening of food, fun and auction bidding. Proceeds from the party, held in the historic Portland home of Marc and Noa Shinderman, will support the center's work with Maine's divorcing families and their children. Read article.

Port City Life, September/October 2004
" Impact" column by Marnelle K. Grumbach
For any married couple with children, divorce is more than just moving out and moving on. Children are all too often stuck in the middle, left to suffer great emotional loss, confusion and anger. The Kids First Center on St. John Street in Portland fills a gap in the social services available in Maine. Read article.

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