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PublishedNovember 2, 2020
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.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2020
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.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2020
World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize for hunger fight
The Rome-based U.N. agency was established in 1961 at the behest of President Eisenhower and has brought aid to multiple crises.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2020
Group seeks to raise $5 million to establish soup kitchen in Waterville
Aline Poulin and the Waterville Area Soup Kitchen Board of Directors are looking at a 5,000-square-foot building in Waterville as a possible location for a new soup kitchen after the former Sacred Heart Soup Kitchen closed in March.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2020
More Mainers struggle to feed their families as agencies fear worst to come
Before the pandemic, the state already had an elevated level of hunger compared to the rest of the nation. Now, relief programs are adapting to an intensifying crisis.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2020
Maine Voices: We can’t let food sit and rot while our neighbors go hungry
Forgotten Orchard is encouraging Mainers to look for overlooked fruit along roadsides and in yards and see that it gets harvested and distributed.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2020
Our View: Across Maine, nation, rise in hunger should set off alarm bells
Millions of Americans are having trouble putting food on the table, and things could get much worse if nothing is done.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2020
Augusta’s Bread of Life keeping busy with takeout lunches
The Augusta soup kitchen, which provided dine-in meals before coronavirus, is continuing to serve the community with takeout hot lunches weekdays from 11 a.m. to noon.
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PublishedAugust 6, 2020
Large turnout for Augusta food giveaway highlights need in central Maine
Augusta Food Bank Executive Director Bob Moore said more than 150 cars were lined up for a food giveaway at the Augusta Civic Center an hour before it began Thursday.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2020
Maine organizations step up to help feed people in need during pandemic
Growing to Give, a farm-based nonprofit in Brunswick, is ramping up production to help feed more people, while local farms and the Brunswick Topsham Land Trust are distributing seedlings to help people grow their own food.
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