LEWISTON — Androscoggin Bank’s MainStreet Foundation announces the recipients of its impact grants for the fourth quarter of 2017 and first quarter of 2018.

Recognizing a need for at-risk kids in Maine to be safe, healthy, active, happy, educated and nourished, the MainStreet Foundation awards grants to organizations actively working to help kids thrive.

The MainStreet Foundation board of directors has approved grants to the following local organizations for the fourth quarter of 2017:

• $10,000 to Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Services, Auburn, a nonprofit’s Children’s Advocacy Center of Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties (CAC-AFO). CAC-AFO promotes the healing of victims of child abuse by providing a strong community response to investigation, treatment and prevention of abuse.

• $1,000 to Lewiston Middle School to to support the Read Across Lewiston program. It seeks to bring students and the community together around reading and encourage reading at home.

First quarter 2018 awards:

• $1,000 to Camp Angels Inc., Waterford, to provide scholarships to families of diabetic children who learn, under the supervision of medical professionals, how to manage their diabetes.

• $1,000 to Lewiston Auburn Area Housing Development — $1,000 was awarded to expand the reach of the Aspirations program at the Hillview development of the Lewiston Housing Authority. Funding will help expand the variety of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) activities offered at the Hillview development, as well as support field trips outside of the community.

• $1,000 to Maine Immigrant and Refugee Service, Lewiston to support the Youth Bridges Program, a revamping of Maine Immigrant and Refugee Service’s current youth program. The program will offer informative, culturally sensitive and age-appropriate activities while creating a safe and culturally compatible environment that encourages engagement.