BANGOR – The new Haskell-Stetson Fund at the Maine Community Foundation awarded more than $56,000 in grants in the Bangor Hydro service area:

. The Bangor Museum and Center for History, for an outreach presentation.

. Bangor Symphony Orchestra, “Know Your Orchestra!”

. The Couri Foundation, for a quilting project at Hammond Street Senior Center.

. Care Development of Maine, for an adoption program for special needs children.

. The Wabanaki Development Project in Old Town, to begin a Youth Build Program.

“We are honored to carry forth the philanthropic legacy of Robert Haskell and Gladys Stetson,” said Henry L. P. Schmelzer, MCF president.