Welcome to Mission at the Eastward
Creating safe places to live, providing transitional housing, enriching the lives of children and youth, and building resiliency in our Central Western Maine communities.
We BUILD Lives!
MATE is comprised primarily of 3 programs serving Central Western Maine.
Follow the links below to explore:
MATE Youth Connection
enriches the lives of youth through a meaningful service experience that nurtures strong values in the next generation of leaders
MATE Housing Repair
builds safer, warmer, and healthier homes for our neighbors experiencing housing insecurity utilizing MATE’s robust volunteer network
MATE Transitional Housing
provides a temporary home to our neighbors that enables them to bridge the gap between situational homelessnes and longterm housing
Welcome! Come Join Us!
Each summer, volunteer work teams visit MATE, bringing 300-400 passionate people from all over the country, primarily from along the eastern seaboard, to serve our neighbors in rural Central Western Maine. Volunteers are the backbone of MATE, repairing homes for those struggling with financial uncertainty or physical limitations.
We need your help!
Our mission is to love our neighbors through volunteer home repairs and transitional housing to foster lives of hope, security and dignity in Central Western Maine. We serve the economically disadvantaged, including families, children and youth, veterans, people with disabilities, the elderly and single-parent families. Whether it’s giving your time to volunteer or providing monetary support, you have a positive, lasting impact on our communities!
Your gifts help us fix another home and keep a family safe and warm, enable greater outreach to youth, and help us to provide temporary transitional housing to those experiencing situational homelessness in rural Maine.
MATE welcomes YOU to participate on our volunteer home repair teams. Come for a week or just one or two days. You can either bring your own team of volunteers, join a team already here, or work by yourself. You don’t need construction experience or special skills; there is work for all.
If you’re thinking about volunteering but aren’t sure, MATE has experienced team leaders called MATE Ambassadors available to provide information about what it’s like to work on MATE projects or how to organize a team for your church or organization. They are happy to answer questions. Contact us to connect to a MATE Ambassador.