Rural Community Action Ministry

Address:  81 Church Hill Rd.
Leeds, ME 04263
Phone:  (207) 524-3791 or 224-7505
E-mail:  rcamout@aol.com
Website: http://www.rcam.net/
Contact:  Gil Ward or Carole Richards
 
Clients:  RCAM provides assistance for people living in Oxford, Androscoggin, and Kennebec counties. Towns served: Livermore, Greene, Sabattus, Wales, Momouth, Litchfield, Buckfield, Hartford, Canton, Sumner, Turner, and Leeds.
Services:  RCAM reaches out to people of rural Maine who are in need and assists them to help themselves.

The RCAM also has Summer Mission/Work Groups come to Maine in the summer from all over the country to help the RCAM’s Housing Program with rehabilitation on community homes and other RCAM Projects.

Housing Program: Designed to respond to both the emergency and long term needs in maintaining safe and adequate housing.

Gardening Program: Helps people learn to plan, plant, maintain and harvest their own gardens.

Volunteer Program: Creates an opportunity for individuals to help people in need throughout RCAM’s 13 town service area.

Homelessness Prevention Services Program: Helps people to access the right resources to meet their highest possible level of self sufficiency by identifying needs, helping to set priorities, providing information and encouraging progress.

Emergency Shelter: RCAM operates a two unit emergency homeless shelter for families who find themselves without a place to live.

Faith In Action Program: Coordinates volunteers to provide outreach services to frail elderly and disabled.

Food Banks: The RCAM helps to maintain 13 area Food Banks staffed by community Volunteers.