Operations Manager Sandy Swett projects Thanksgiving meals needed for at least 500 families this year.
food insecurity
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First-grader stocking shelves for food pantry
Liliana Tripp of Oxford is learning about community volunteerism as part of her home schooling.
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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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Hunger may kill more people than COVID this year
As many as 132 million more people than previously projected could go hungry in 2020.
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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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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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No school feeding program in Oxford Hills this summer
The kitchen at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School has to close while its refrigeration and freezer units are being replaced.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
New Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer program offers cash to help feed Maine’s children
Families whose children get free or reduced-price meals will get $382 per child to compensate them for what they missed after schools closed.
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In Maine or in the Bronx … food shortages being met without stimulus money
HARRISON — Sandy Swett of the Harrison Food Bank has a message for rural Mainers who are receiving their stimulus funds: you don’t need to spend your money on groceries. “The stimulus was meant for people’s bills,” she said. “They should come here first and not spend it on groceries. It’s meant to keep the […]
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Oxford Hills food assistance resources
Local volunteer organizations continue feeding their communities while local eateries do their part to help those in need.