Established in 2015, the annual Forsley Award is named in honor of longtime Gary’s House champion, Fred Forsley. The award recognizes a remarkable leader and advocate who works to make our community better for all with special focus on our neighbors in need. 

Maine Recovery Fund is proud to announce that our co-founder and board chair, Margo Walsh, has been selected as Spurwink's 2022 Humanitarian of the Year and will be honored at the Mosaic Humanitarian Awards & Gala on June 2, 2022.

The Mainebiz Women’s Leadership Forum brings together a panel of women leaders who will share their unique experiences and perspectives. Margo Walsh and fellow panelists will tell their personal stories and key learnings. 

Following the successful expansion into New Hampshire in 2019, MaineWorks has moved into Massachusetts to work on major construction projects from the edge of New Hampshire into the core of metropolitan Boston.

MaineWorks hires people for full-time jobs who are in recovery from substance addiction or out of prison or jail, placing them in construction jobs with the hope of them eventually becoming permanent employees.

A recent podcast featuring Margo Walsh, who founded MaineWorks to employ folks re-entering the workforce.  She creates quality jobs for people in recovery and entering the workforce after being formerly incarcerated.

MaineWorks links people in recovery from substance abuse and reentry from jail or prison with construction companies that need workers — an even more important pairing now amid growing labor shortages. 

September 7, 2019 - This is the fourth year in row that MaineWorks has been honored on the Best for Customers list, and the fifth time that MaineWorks has been honored in a Best for the World category (Best for Community, 2014). 

July 24, 2019 - Maine is doing a lot to make sure that people who need help get it - but there is still more work to be done.  MaineWorks founder Margo Walsh talked about MaineWorks' role in combating the opioid crisis.  

July 1, 2019 - In this episode, Host Shimon Cohen talks with Margo Walsh, who is the Founder and CEO of MaineWorks and the Chair and Co-Founder of the Maine Recovery Fund, both in Portland, Maine. 

May 28, 2019 - Margo Walsh, Founder of MaineWorks, will be the guest speaker for the June 9th, 2019 series on the opioid crisis. 

May 10, 2019  - The Maine Public Health Association honored MaineWorks with their 2019 Public Health Business Champion Award, this award recognizes a business for its leadership and commitment to integrating and promoting public health values into business practices.

November 2018 - At her pioneering staffing firm, Margo Walsh offers dignity, trust, and a path forward for survivors of the opioid epidemic.

June 12, 2018  -  For the third consecutive year, MaineWorks was recognized as being among the companies creating the most positive overall impact on its customers based on an independent, comprehensive assessment administered by the nonprofit B Lab.

December 21, 2017  -  MaineWorks was featured in a heartwarming holiday story by WCSH 6.  The Maine chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) presented MaineWorks employee Heather Lunt with an incredible Christmas gift. 

December 17, 2017  -  Margo Walsh saw a need and jumped into action--creating MaineWorks. This organization gives the so-called unemployable the chance to work, gain confidence and ultimately turn the page onto a new life. 

November 1, 2017  -  Margo Walsh was honored by Day One at their Annual Celebration with a Community Vision Award for her work to improve the community and employing those recovering from a substance use disorder.

September 8, 2017  -  For the second consecutive year, MaineWorks was recognized as being among the companies creating the most positive overall impact on its customers based on an independent, comprehensive assessment administered by the nonprofit B Lab.

August 6, 2017  -  ChIME has recently announced their 2017 Planetary Chaplain: Margo Walsh of MaineWorks.

June 2017  -  Wheaton College, alma mater of MaineWorks founder Margo Walsh, covers Margo's journey and personal development stemming from her own experiences in the recovery community.

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Tom Price visited Maine and New Hampshire to hear directly from those addressing the opioid crisis.  Margo Walsh, Founder of MaineWorks, had a seat at the table, sharing her vision and discussing how MaineWorks helps individuals struggling with addiction find steady employment.

Margo Walsh is the founder and CEO of MaineWorks, which provides day labor to industrial construction sites. The company is growing quickly, not just in spite of – but because – it has a developed a specialty in working with people in recovery. Finding success by helping to solve a difficult, pressing problem.

Margo Walsh launched MaineWorks to give former convicts a chance when no one else would. Hear her story on a brand new episode of Work in Progress: Amazing Grace.

Margo Walsh, Founder, offers her insights on the recent ballot initiatives to increase the minimum wage in four states, including Maine.

MaineWorks finds temporary jobs for ex-inmates recovering from addiction, provides them with a ride to work and sets them up with housing. Founded in 2011 and based in Portland, Maine, the business currently employs 60 to 70 formerly incarcerated people.

MaineWorks was honored at the first-annual Best for the World Celebration & Awards Ceremony at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas Business School on Thursday, September 8th, 2016.

MaineWorks, a temporary employment agency in Maine, not only finds jobs for former convicts, but also helps them ease their way back into society.

Effective July 2016, MaineWorks has been recertified as a B Corporation.  The company has gone through a rigorous process to validate its social impact - our mission to dignify the experience for people who face real barriers to employment. Please check out our 2016 report.

Margo Walsh founded MaineWorks in 2011 to provide jobs and stability to people who are in recovery from substance abuse, have previous felonies, or are facing other barriers to employment.

Margo Walsh, Founder of MaineWorks, signed a letter from Business for a Fair Minimum Wage supporting a federal minimum wage increase.

Maine Public Broadcasting Network (MPBN) recently profiled MaineWorks' efforts to place people in recovery and reentry into the workforce.

Senator Angus King and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree visited the MaineWorks office where Margo Walsh was awarded Maine's Best Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

David Harry of The Forecaster showcased MaineWorks' leadership in the recovery community and their recent SBA award.

Margo Walsh, founder and president of the Portland-based temporary labor staffing company MaineWorks LLC, was selected as the U.S. Small Business Administration winner for Maine for the SBA's annual Small Business Person of the Year awards.

MaineWorks founder Margo Walsh is recognized on the Congressional Record for her leadership and dedication to the State of Maine.

MaineWorks is one of 10 small businesses to earn a 2015 National SCORE Success Award.

The Portland Press Herald recent profiled MaineWorks and its Founder Margo Walsh regarding the mission of breaking down barriers for the hard-to-employ.

Boxtalk Radio with Derek Volk recently interviewed Margo Walsh.

Portland Press Herald Featured MaineWorks in its first year.

WCSH News Channel 6 Featured MaineWorks in a story called ‘Bridging the Gap’.

Margo Walsh was recently selected as one of five Maine Women to Watch.

MaineWorks is proud to announce their recent Certification as a B-Corporation.  Learn more about what it takes to become one, why we chose this direction for our company and what exactly is a B-Corp anyways.

MaineWorks’ Founder Margo Walsh recently sat down with Portland Press Herald’s Bill Nemitz to discuss the ongoing goal, and struggle, to institute a fair living wage both in Maine – and Nationally.

MaineWorks and its Founder, Margo Walsh, was recently featured in an in-depth podcast on NPR’s All Things Considered.