The USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program delivered much needed relief, but now food pantries are left wondering how much this new phase will bring.
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Puritan donates $20,000 to Piscataquis Regional Food Center
The company is also offering a $5,000 matching donation from employees.
Encouraged by generosity during the pandemic, central Maine food banks optimistic for 2021
After some early supply chain issues in 2020, local food banks in Gardiner, Monmouth, Augusta and Hallowell are stocked for what may come in the new year.
Millions of hungry Americans turn to food banks for 1st time
As a year marked by coronavirus nears an end, millions of Americans are depending on food banks to stave off hunger.
Our View: Millions of Americans going hungry this winter
Food insecurity in Maine, and across the country, is rising to historic levels.
The Good Samaritans at Good Shepherd
Auburn’s Good Shepherd Food Bank provides millions of meals, with the help of thousands of volunteers. After a massive donor outpouring, it navigated 2020 and is braced for 2021.
Alfond Center in Waterville hands out 850 hot Thanksgiving meals
The Alfond Youth & Community Center staff cooked and handed out Thanksgiving meals Saturday to drive-up recipients from its North Street facility.
Waterville Area Soup Kitchen to give out free lunches at four locations
The meals “to-go” program will start Nov. 16 at the North End Playground, Head of Falls, Veterans Park and Green Street Park and continue every Monday and Wednesday during the winter months.
Evening Sandwich Program in Waterville restarts on Tuesdays and Fridays
The Universalist Unitarian Church on Silver Street is resuming its Evening Sandwich Program this week on a limited basis after closing temporarily in March and June due to the coronavirus pandemic.
More than 2,000 turn out for Augusta food distribution
Volunteers handed out boxes containing meat, dairy products, fruits and vegetables and gallons of milk and frozen turkeys.