There is a man living on Birch Street in Lewiston who spent weeks compiling a list of places where the hungry can find a helping hand in the Twin Cities. It was an assignment he gave himself, he told us, after being frustrated with arriving at a kitchen or food pantry for a meal and finding the days or times had been changed.

“Yes, I need the help, but I thought about taking that frustration out on getting the information,” and seeing that it was made available to the public. He doesn’t want people to know who he is, but he does want people to know about the information he gathered.

We offer you his list (and we added more), that is current as of June 25 to use yourself, to post on a church or community bulletin board, to pass around to neighbors, or provide to a family you know is in need.

– Judith Meyer,

managing editor/days

Court Street Baptist Church

129 Court Street, Auburn

784-6661

Food available Tuesdays from noon to 2 p.m.

Clothing available Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

High Street Congregational Church

106 Pleasant Street, Auburn

784-1306

Food pantry open Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon

Seventh Day Adventist Church

310 Minot Ave., Auburn

784-0861

Calvary United Methodist Church/City Mission Project

59 Sabattus St., Lewiston

782-3221

St. Louis Food Pantry

80 Third St., Auburn

784-9087

Common Ties Mental Health

100 Pine St., Lewiston

795-6040

Community kitchen

Hope Haven Gospel Mission

209 Lincoln St., Lewiston

783-6086

Shelter and community kitchen

New Beginnings youth shelter

491 Main St., Lewiston

795-4070

New Beginnings has an outreach center at 245 Lisbon St., in Lewiston, 795-6831

Salvation Army

67 Park St., Lewiston

783-0801

Food pantry is open Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Please bring proof of income, Social Security card, picture ID and proof of expenses.

Seniors Plus

145 Birth St., Lewiston

795-4094

Meals on Wheels

Sisters of Charity

208 Bates St., Lewiston

786-4909

Food pantry

St. Martin de Porres

23 Bartlett St., Lewiston

786-4690

Shelter (closed until July 14)

Trinity Jubilee Center

247 Bates St., Lewiston

782-5700

Community kitchen

Western Maine Community Action

WIC Nutrition Program

79 Main St., Auburn

795-4016

Offers help with food and other services for mothers, pregnant women, infants and young children.

Rural Community Action Ministry

81 Church Hill Road, Leeds

524-5095

Offers help for people to plant, maintain and harvest their own gardens, and makes referrals to local food pantries.

MTM center, Lisbon

353-3000 ext. 124

Vineyard Christian Fellowship, Mechanic Falls

345-9501

Greene Baptist Church, Greene

945-5505

Poland Community Church, Poland

998-4069



Serve New England offers two locations for people to volunteer in exchange for reduced-cost food. The centers are AC Serve in Auburn, 784-2164; Faithworks in Lewiston, 240-0761. For more information, go to www.servenewengland.org.