AUBURN — In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Bank of America has committed $100 million to support communities around the world, awarding over $525,000 in grants to nonprofit organizations in Maine. Locally, Bank of America donated $50,000 to Good Shepherd Food Bank, $10,000 to the Olympia Snow Women’s Leadership Institute, $7,500 to Goodwill Industries of […]

MEXICO — Throughout the month of May, Oxford Federal Credit Union, with branches in Mexico and Norway, carried out a campaign called Operation Brighter Days designed to help lift the spirits of their staff, members and communities and remind them that brighter days are ahead, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The final piece of the operation […]

AUBURN — Residential Mortgage Services Inc., a leading independent, purchase-focused mortgage lender, donated $1,000 to Good Shepherd Food Bank toward eliminating hunger. The donation was one of 14 to local food banks in the company’s footprint, which covers primarily the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Eastern Seaboard markets and with an office in Auburn.

PORTLAND — Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation donated $10,000 each to eight local nonprofits as part of its continued COVID-19 relief efforts. Receiving funds: Alan Day Community Garden in Norway, Oxford County Mental Health Services in Rumford, Saint Mary’s Nutrition Center, SeniorPlus, Trinity Jubilee Center, United Way of Androscoggin County and YWCA Central Maine, all […]

LEWISTON — Educate Maine and the Law Offices of Joe Bornstein have teamed up for the 2020 Maine Books Challenge to get books into the hands of students studying remotely while also supporting local bookstores. Every $10 donation is counted as one book and gift certificates can be purchased online to a Maine bookstore and […]

NORWAY — Norway Savings Bank donated 2,000 N95 masks to be split among Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice in Lewiston, Hospice of Southern Maine in Scarborough and Western Maine Health in Norway. The masks, valued at $1,700, were delivered to each organization April 8. Due to the nationwide shortage of personal protective equipment, these organizations […]

AUBURN — Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation recently donated $10,000 to Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine as part of a $1.25 million in emergency fund to support community-based health and hunger relief organizations across the country during the COVID-19 health crisis. Additionally, the Care and Share Food Closet in Farmington, Poland Community Health Center, […]

LEWISTON — In an effort to help COVID-19 relief efforts, Marden’s Surplus and Salvage donated $30,000 in canned goods to Good Shepherd Food Bank in Auburn. In support of Maine’s health care workers and those on the front lines, Marden’s also contributed personal protective equipment, including 266,000 gloves, 252 N95 masks, 360 coveralls and 216 […]

LEWISTON — Maine Community Bank and its divisions, Biddeford Savings and Mechanics Savings, donated $2,000 each to Trinity Jubilee Center and St. Mary’s Nutrition Center to purchase food and other nonperishable goods. During the COVID-19 pandemic, food pantries have reported critical needs and greater demands for help. These issues have surfaced as many are unexpectedly […]