Auburn-based food bank issues grants to healthcare, school partners

AUBURN — Each year, Good Shepherd Food Bank offers the opportunity for school and healthcare partners to apply for Capacity Building Grants.

The purpose of this program is to support partners looking to increase the amount of healthy food they’re able to distribute through their programs and to increase the number of individuals they serve.

Good Shepherd Food Bank invested $125,352 into 50 of its partners throughout the state, according to a news release from the organization.

A total of $40,000 was distributed to eight healthcare partners, and $85,352 was distributed to 42 school programs and afterschool partners.

SCHOOL AWARD LIST
Agnes Gray Elementary School
AIO Food & Energy Assistance
Athens Community School
Bangor School Department
Belfast Soup Kitchen — Searsport Elementary & Middle/High School
Bethel Area District Exchange and Food Pantry
East Range II School
Educare Central Maine
Farwell School/Lewiston Public School District
Guy E. Rowe Elementary School
Harrington Elementary School
Hope Baptist Church
Limestone Community School
Locker Project
Mannafed Backpack Program RSU 16
Mano en Mano
Medomak Vally High School — RSU 40
Montello Elementary Lewiston Maine
MSAD 30 Food Cupboard
MSAD 37 — Narraguagus Jr/Sr High School
Nokomis Regional High JROTC
Northern Maine Community College
Oxford Hills Middle School
Park Avenue Elementary School
Penquis Valley Middle/High School
Promise Early Educational
RSU 9 Community Food Pantry
SeDoMoCha RSU 68
Southern Aroostook Community School
UMA Bangor
UMA Ellsworth Center
University of Maine
Valley Jr/Sr High School
Van Buren District School
Washington County Community College
Whiting Village School
Wisdom High School

HEALTHCARE AWARD LIST
Christine B. Foundation
Clinical Community Services
Fish River Rural Health
LincolnHealth
Northern Light Home Care and Hospice
Pen Bay Medical Center
Southern Maine Health Care

For the full network partner agency list, visit gsfb.org.

For more information, visit feedingmaine.org.