These are Mainers,benefiting from ,SOME kind of Irving Maneuver????
Santa doesn't drive a delivery truck, but it was some Christmas present to Maine's needy families that Irving Oil announced last week. The Canadian company has donated $100,000 worth of heating oil to the Keep ME Warm Fund, which is a public-private partnership to provide assistance to those struggling with the rising cost of fuel. Keep ME Warm assistance will go to those caught in the middle -- the ones not poor enough to qualify for the major government benefit, called LIHEAP or the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, yet not flush enough to be able to pay for their winter heating fuel needs.
Irving's generosity is in response to a substantial and growing need; home heating oil is almost a dollar more per gallon than it was last year. The Keep ME Warm fund is due to serve 5,000 people this winter, but it will take $1.5 million to do that, a daunting goal.
The Irving gift isn't the first one to Keep ME Warm, and state officials say that there's another $200,000 in donations likely to be announced just after the new year. All will be put into a pot distributed by Maine's local community action programs, whose listings can be found online at www.mainecomm unityaction.org.
This year's heating oil prices pose a real threat to the well-being of many Mainers, and the Keep ME Warm fund is only one answer to a problem that is much larger than its particular reach.
There are other sources of help -- we note the recent appearance of a link to the Citizens Energy Oil Heat Program on the Maine State Housing Web site. Citizens, which uses cut-rate oil provided by the Venezuelan government, promises 100 gallons of free oil to qualifying households and last year helped almost 20,000 Maine families.
There are no easy answers to this winter's bitter grip on Mainers' wallets. We live in a cold northern state with too many low-wage jobs and too much old and drafty housing stock.
Those elements have conspired this year to create what may become a humanitarian crisis; it's already a crisis for those who have to pay cash on delivery for their heating oil but don't have the cash to do so. We hope Keep ME Warm reaches its goal and we encourage those who can to help out those in need.
Citizen of South Portland, ME Dec 21, 2007 5:44 PM
Setting the record straight: Irving is not at all high on the environmentally respectable list, and none of the other foresters in the North Woods have any good words for them.
The generosity is a nice gesture, and I'd like to see more companies follow the example at this time of year (and others), but this doesn't make them clean. TSK,TSK.
Irving will probably have more good news for you, Maine, in 2008
Apply to be a refugee. It is interesting that the Federal Government provides a single refugee with a monthly allowance of $1,890.00 and each can get an additional $580.00 in social assistance for a total of $2,470.00. This compares very well to a single pensioner who, after contributing to the growth and development of Canada for 40 or 50 years can only receive a monthly maximum of $1,012.00 in old age pension and Guaranteed Supplement. Maybe our pensioners should apply as refugees!
Let's send this thought to as many Canadians as we can and maybe we can get the refugees cut back to $1,012.00 and the pensioners up to $2,470.00, so they can enjoy the money they were forced to submit to the Canadian Government for those 40 to 50 years. Please forward this to every Canadian you know.
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These are Mainers,benefiting from ,SOME kind of Irving Maneuver????
Santa doesn't drive a delivery truck, but it was some Christmas present to Maine's needy families that Irving Oil announced last week.
The Canadian company has donated $100,000 worth of heating oil to the Keep ME Warm Fund, which is a public-private partnership to provide assistance to those struggling with the rising cost of fuel. Keep ME Warm assistance will go to those caught in the middle -- the ones not poor enough to qualify for the major government benefit, called LIHEAP or the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, yet not flush enough to be able to pay for their winter heating fuel needs.
Irving's generosity is in response to a substantial and growing need; home heating oil is almost a dollar more per gallon than it was last year. The Keep ME Warm fund is due to serve 5,000 people this winter, but it will take $1.5 million to do that, a daunting goal.
The Irving gift isn't the first one to Keep ME Warm, and state officials say that there's another $200,000 in donations likely to be announced just after the new year. All will be put into a pot distributed by Maine's local community action programs, whose listings can be found online at www.mainecomm unityaction.org.
This year's heating oil prices pose a real threat to the well-being of many Mainers, and the Keep ME Warm fund is only one answer to a problem that is much larger than its particular reach.
There are other sources of help -- we note the recent appearance of a link to the Citizens Energy Oil Heat Program on the Maine State Housing Web site. Citizens, which uses cut-rate oil provided by the Venezuelan government, promises 100 gallons of free oil to qualifying households and last year helped almost 20,000 Maine families.
There are no easy answers to this winter's bitter grip on Mainers' wallets. We live in a cold northern state with too many low-wage jobs and too much old and drafty housing stock.
Those elements have conspired this year to create what may become a humanitarian crisis; it's already a crisis for those who have to pay cash on delivery for their heating oil but don't have the cash to do so. We hope Keep ME Warm reaches its goal and we encourage those who can to help out those in need.
Citizen of South Portland, ME
Dec 21, 2007 5:44 PM
Setting the record straight: Irving is not at all high on the environmentally respectable list, and none of the other foresters in the North Woods have any good words for them.
The generosity is a nice gesture, and I'd like to see more companies follow the example at this time of year (and others), but this doesn't make them clean.
TSK,TSK.
Irving will probably have more good news for you, Maine, in 2008
The "keep me warm" project,
passed over New Brunswick,you see,
when BIG JIM looked down from his sleigh, as CHARLES yelled
"WHAT ABOUT ME"?
Or maybe its some refugees?
CANADA PENSION - ONLY IN CANADA!!
Do not apply for your old age pension...
Apply to be a refugee. It is interesting that the Federal Government provides a single refugee with a monthly allowance of $1,890.00 and each can get an additional $580.00 in social assistance for a total of $2,470.00. This compares very well to a single pensioner who, after contributing to the growth and development of Canada for 40 or 50 years can only receive a monthly maximum of $1,012.00 in old age pension and Guaranteed Supplement. Maybe our pensioners should apply as refugees!
Let's send this thought to as many Canadians as we can and maybe we can get the refugees cut back to $1,012.00 and the pensioners up to $2,470.00, so they can enjoy the money they were forced to submit to the Canadian Government for those 40 to 50 years. Please forward this to every Canadian you know.
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