WINTHROP — Under the leadership of District Governor Roger Blackstone, the Lions of Maine has accepted a project to purchase and install a 500KW diesel fuel generator to provide emergency backup power for the Good Shepherd Food Bank in Auburn.

The loss of power at the food bank would be a blow to the more than 600 partnering community food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, boys and girls clubs, Feeding Maine Youth programs and other community hunger relief efforts statewide that depend on the food bank.

One of the Good Shepherd Food Bank’s highest priorities this year is to find the funds for the purchase of an emergency backup generator to power the main warehouse and its large freezer and refrigeration facilities.

The Lions of Maine invites other organizations, businesses and individuals to join in the cause to help raise $151,000 for the purchase and installation of the generator.

Donations, payable to Maine Lions District 41, may be sent to the attention of Past International Director Lewis Small Sr., 20 Whippoorwill Road, Litchfield, Maine 04350. For more information, contact Small at 268-4486.