In the 2008 giving season the Nickerson & O'Day family made notable gifts to the following area community and philanthropic organizations:

• AGC Maine Education Foundation

• American Folk Festival

• Alliance for Maine's Future

• American Heart Association

• Bangor Baseball Junior League

• Bangor Land Trust

• Bangor Museum and Center for History

• Bangor Public Library

• Bangor Soccer Club

• Bangor Regional Leadership Institute

• Bangor Y Leader's School

• Camp Capella Day Camper Sponsorship

• City of Brewer Stream Clean Up Fund

• Challenger Learning Center

• Cub Scout Pak 21

• Community Health & Counseling Services

• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

• Day One Annual Celebration

• Double D Racing Sponsor

• Eastern Agency on Aging

• Eastern Maine Community College

• Gardner Commons Bench Contribution

• Hampden Academy - Academic Scholarship

• Hampden Kiwanis

• Holbrook Little League - New Scoreboard

• Husson University - Pharmacy Program Endowment

• Jack Kelley Scholarship Fund

• John Bapst High School

• Justice for Joyce

• Katahdin Area Council Boy Scouts of America

• Lakewood Continuing Care

• Main Street Memorial Day Mile

• Maine Discovery Museum

• Maine Preservation

• March for Babies

• Matt Osborne Scholarship Fund

• MD Anderson Annual Fund

• Muscular Dystrophy Associations

• Maine Development Foundation

• MDI Biological Laboratory

• Multiple Sclerosis Society

• Newspapers in Education

• Old Town-Orono YMCA

• Omicron Class - Leadership Maine

• Orono Commons Residence Fund

• Phillips Strickland House

• Pine Tree State 4-H Club

• Promote the Vote for Maine

• Pumpkins in the Park

• Robinson Ballet Company

• Bangor Rotary

• St. Joseph's Hospital

• Ward Family Scholarship - EMCC

• Winterport Music Festival - Stage Construction