CAA History
What year was Central Aroostook Association established?
1959
What does the first “E” in BELIEVE stand for?
(Empower)
This confidential business, once operated by the Association, was sold in September 2013
Aroostook Shredding
What CAA-led, first annual tournament raised money for Special Olympics?
Human Foosball
This group of determined people founded Central Aroostook Association more than 60 years ago to create educational and community opportunities for their children.
Parents of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Which BELIEVE value reminds us to “see potential, not limits”?
Inspire
Before OTC was built, the growing Association moved into this Presque Isle building
The Knight building
In CAA’s earliest years, volunteers ran programs with a budget of only a few ______ dollars.
A) Dozen
B) Hundred
C) Thousand
D) Million
Hundred
The Association’s governance reflects community collaboration — 51% of the Board members must be what?
Relatives of individuals served by CAA.
In 1967, the Association received a federal grant to build this — the first of its kind in the state of Maine.
The first school building for students with developmental disabilities (OTC)
In what year did the Association open its first waiver home?
2004
When the state ordered CAA to vacate the Knight Building, these three advocates drove to Augusta without an appointment and successfully pled their case directly to the Governor.
Don Thibodeau, Carroll Foren, and Carolyn DeGrass.
The ___________ refinishing work done by CAA’s adult program became so well-known that it earned the County-wide reputation of " the best _________ refinishing business in the county."
Furniture
CAA has been led by only three Executive Directors in its long history. Name them.
Thomas Pooler, Paul Cormier, and Stephen Richard