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Cruise line donates $100,000 for city's youth, elderly programs

By MELANIE CREAMER, Portland Press Herald News Assistant

Matthew Hudson, owner of Scotia Prince Cruises, presented a $100,000 donation to the city of Portland on Wednesday for the Elders and Children Trust proposed by former Mayor James Cloutier.

The trust will be used to improve existing recreational programs and create new efforts to target Portland's youth and the elderly in the Portland area. As mayor, Cloutier presented the idea to the City Council, which voted to pass the initiative last week.

Cloutier, who was recently succeeded as mayor by Nathan Smith, said the trust is a creative way to provide funding for recreational services in two of the city's most at-risk populations.

"The trust will help provide funding for recreational activities for children and elders that would otherwise not have the financial means," said Cloutier. "We understand the relationship between exercise, health and a good quality of life. This is a way for the business community to help provide to this community effort."

The Kiwanis Club made one of the first donations to the trust by donating the cost of admitting children to the Kiwanis Pool on Douglass Street.

Hudson's donation from Scotia Prince Cruises is a matching grant, designed to generate a total of $200,000 in contributions from local businesses.

The gift is being presented in $50,000 donations. One was made Monday, and the other will be made June 1. The money will be made available over a six-month period as matching grants are made. Any unmatched funds will go to the state and will be allocated by Gov. John Baldacci.

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Cruise line donates $100,000 for city's youth, elderly programs

By MELANIE CREAMER, Portland Press Herald News Assistant

Matthew Hudson, owner of Scotia Prince Cruises, presented a $100,000 donation to the city of Portland on Wednesday for the Elders and Children Trust proposed by former Mayor James Cloutier.

The trust will be used to improve existing recreational programs and create new efforts to target Portland's youth and the elderly in the Portland area. As mayor, Cloutier presented the idea to the City Council, which voted to pass the initiative last week.

Cloutier, who was recently succeeded as mayor by Nathan Smith, said the trust is a creative way to provide funding for recreational services in two of the city's most at-risk populations.

"The trust will help provide funding for recreational activities for children and elders that would otherwise not have the financial means," said Cloutier. "We understand the relationship between exercise, health and a good quality of life. This is a way for the business community to help provide to this community effort."

The Kiwanis Club made one of the first donations to the trust by donating the cost of admitting children to the Kiwanis Pool on Douglass Street.

Hudson's donation from Scotia Prince Cruises is a matching grant, designed to generate a total of $200,000 in contributions from local businesses.

The gift is being presented in $50,000 donations. One was made Monday, and the other will be made June 1. The money will be made available over a six-month period as matching grants are made. Any unmatched funds will go to the state and will be allocated by Gov. John Baldacci.

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