The kitchen at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School has to close while its refrigeration and freezer units are being replaced.
food insecurity
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
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.
Posted inMaine, News
As crisis deepens, Maine food banks scramble to keep up
Some food pantries report demand is up 50 percent or more as people lose jobs and paychecks, yet limited supplies and a shrinking volunteer base are hampering logistics.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
New community project to work on processing extra food
Preserving produce and processed foods for future use by food pantry recipients was identified as the top priority among those attending a meeting Thursday, Feb. 13, at Knowlton Corner Farm.
Posted inNews
Brunswick dinner benefits the hungry in the name of MLK
Maine’s soup kitchens and food banks see their donations spike during the holiday season, but the 13.6% of Maine households experiencing food insecurity know the need doesn’t end with the holidays.
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Holiday meal program underscores food insecurity
Save a Lot, with its customers and Moss Brook Church teamed up for the fourth year on Bags for a Brighter Holiday, a program that brings bags of pantry staples and meals to local residents during the Christmas season.
Posted inNation / World, News
Trump administration rule will cut food stamps for nearly 700,000 people
The new plan will strip states’ ability to issue work requirement waivers unless a county has an unemployment rate of 6% or higher.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Hannaford pledges to give $1 million, launch program to combat child hunger
The supermarket chain plans to establish food pantries in 90 schools around the Northeast.