ROCKPORT — The Teen and Young Parent Program held another successful Silent Auction, Dessert and Dance featuring Mid Life Crisis on April 29 at the Farmstead Event Center in Rockport. The Governing Board of Directors would like to thank the following sponsors for making this event possible: Viking Lumber, Rock Coast Plumbing & Heating, Lee Watkinson (Darcie Lynn), Luke's Seafood, Central Maine Motors, Duncklee & Nott, Brooks, Inc., Cates Real Estate, Rockland Savings Bank, FSB, and Advocacy Support and Beyond.

The board would also like to extend their appreciation to the following individuals and businesses who donated food and services. Cindi Staples, Claudia Williamson, Ruth Griffin, Debbie Winchenbach, Mid Coast School of Technology, KDK Print Shop, The Flower Goddess, Al and Marge Mitchell, and to the following businesses that sold tickets: HAV II in Camden, Shelley's Flowers in Waldoboro, Hello Hello Books in Rockland and Advocacy Support and Beyond (The Diaper Fund) in Rockport.

Silent auction items were donated by: Advocacy Support & Beyond, Aphrodite's Oysters, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Downeast Magazine, Farnsworth Art Museum, Fiore Olive Oils, Hamilton Marine, Haskell's Water Treatment, Lowe's, Loyal Biscuit, Moody's Diner, Moose Crossing Garden Center, NE Charter & Tour Co., Owls Head Transportation Museum, Pen Bay YMCA, Liz Stanley, Pam Doherty, Cindi Staples, Point Lookout, Rock Coast Plumbing & Heating, Schooner Olad, The Strand Theater, Sunrise Guide, Swing & Sway, Tempest in a Teapot, Waterman's Beach, Wejchert Construction, Adrienne Randall (Dazzler Photography), Becca Barstow (Scentsy), Caryn Drapkin, Erin Desrochers (Jamberry), Mary Spitz, Nadine Reimer, Susan Wejchert, Lanny Winchenbach and Harland Creamer.

A special thank you to Mid Life Crisis, The Farmstead Event Center and Bobby Morgan at the Flatbread Company in Rockport for being instrumental in the success of this event.

The Teen and Young Parent Program is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that is contracted to provide the Maine Families home visiting program in the Midcoast area. Home Visitors provide free parenting education, support and resources to anyone who is pregnant or has a newborn and lives in Knox, Lincoln or Sagadahoc counties. If you would like more information, please call 207-594-1980.

The Teen and Young Parent Program is proud to be affiliated with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. In complying with the letter and spirit of applicable laws and in pursuing its own goals of diversity, the University of Maine System shall not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation - including transgender status and gender expression - national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, or veterans' status in employment, education, and all other areas of the University. The University provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request.