Take Action
To Donate
Home Start’s creation of affordable housing on Peaks Island is dependent on private donations, grants and mortgages. Donations, grants, and other subsidies help keep the size of mortgages down. Smaller mortgages help make new rental properties more affordable by helping keep rents down.
Please make checks payable to ‘Home Start’; they can be mailed to P.O. Box 174, Peaks Island, ME 04108
You may use this form to accompany your donation or to pledge for a future date.
Online donation options are shown below:
GOAL - $165K, STILL TO GO - $38.7K
* Our community fund-raising goal of $165K was set prior to the recent revisions to the City of Portland process for tax lien foreclosures.
This fundraising goal will be updated when we have more information on the market selling price for 18 Central Ave.
We continue to have the deepest appreciation of the Peaks Community for your continued support and generosity !
A Special Donation.
For 70 years, the Holy Trinity Episcopal Chapel provided summer worship services on Peaks, most recently at St. Christopher's Church. Unfortunately, dwindling numbers meant that the Chapel could no longer afford to continue. On July 29, 2023, the last of its reserves, $2450.56, was donated to Home Start to support the affordable housing project at 18 Central. Home Start is honored and grateful to be the recipient of this very kind and generous act.
To Volunteer
Home Start is a volunteer-driven, nonprofit organization. You can help by sharing your time and expertise in such areas as:
Fund raising
Creating brochures, fliers, and information packets
Real estate and zoning expertise
Website and Facebook maintenance
Social media campaigns
Development of affordable housing proposals
Organizing events and campaigns
Grant writing
To find out more about the ways you can get involved in Home Start’s efforts to create affordable housing on Peaks Island, please contact Betsey Remage-Healey at 207-622-2084.