Rowe Ford of Auburn presents $2,700 to the Gray-New Gloucester Backpack Program on Dec. 11. From left, front, are: Skip Winter, marketing director for the Rowe Auto Group; Donna Skilling, founder/coordinator of the SAD 15 Backpack Program; and Lily Wilson, Faith Quatticci, Alie Martell and Kyle Martell, all members of the Gray-New Gloucester High School Community […]
Good Shepherd Food Bank
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Lotus gives to the hungry
Lotus Restaurant of Auburn presented Good Shepherd Food Bank with $10,000 as the result of contributions from customers and matching funds from the owners. Around $4,000 was collected, matched by owner Jimmy Wu and rounded up to an even $10,000 cash. Lotus also donated the day’s worth of expenses toward the overall fundraiser, including paying […]
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School spirit helps raise money at Mt. Blue
The phrase, “We believe that we will win,” along with drums and other instruments echoed through the halls of Mt. Blue High School on Friday morning as students and staff showed their spirit in the School Spirit Challenge sponsored by WGME Channel 13 to raise money and food for the Good Shepherd Food Bank in […]
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Corn maze celebrates Good Shepherd Food Bank
The Good Shepherd Food Bank is celebrated this year at Sandy River Farm’s eighth, annual corn maze. A design featuring the food bank’s logo has been cut in to a field of corn. FARMINGTON — The Good Shepherd Food Bank logo makes up the design for this year’s corn maze at Sandy River Farms. The […]
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Filling backpacks with food
Community Credit Union presented Good Shepherd Food Bank with a check for $1,500 for three schools. Longley Elementary in Lewiston, Washburn Elementary in Auburn and Carrie Ricker Middle School in Litchfield will each receive $500 toward their backpack program/food pantry. From left are Christina Carter, executive vice president of Community Credit Union; Jennifer Hogan, president/CEO of Community Credit Union; Michelle Gagne, […]
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Carrie-Lynne Davis
LEWISTON — Carrie-Lynne Davis, 28, of Lewiston, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, Aug. 8. She was born July 2, 1989, daughter of Cheryl Lynne Libby-Davis. She was a 2011 honors graduate of Ithaca College, where she was the writers collective founder of Spit That! She was also secretary for Spoken Word and was nominated to Women […]
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Livermore school part of NBC’s Red Nose Day programming
Spruce Mountain Primary School in Livermore will be featured during NBC’s Red Nose Day program from 8 to 11 p.m. Thursday, May 25. Principal Kevin Harrington was given 500 Red Noses to distribute to students and staff. Second-grader Dominic Webster, front, received the first Red Nose at a recent assembly. Standing behind him are, from […]
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MAINE EGG FARMERS DONATE MORE THAN 100,000 EGGS JUST IN TIME FOR EASTER Donation Supports Good Shepherd Food Bank’s Efforts to Fight Hunger AUBURN — Hillandale Farm is helping in the fight against hunger by donating 9,000 dozen eggs to Good Shepherd Food Bank. “Hillandale is proud to be partnering with Good Shepherd Food Bank […]
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Hillandale Farms donates 9,000 dozen egs to Good Shepherd
AUBURN — Now that would make a really big omelet. Maine’s egg farmers are donating more than 100,000 eggs to people in need of food assistance just in time for Easter. Hillandale Farms — which runs an egg farm in Turner — says it’s giving 9,000 dozen eggs to Good Shepherd Food Bank in Auburn. […]
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Hannaford Supermarkets to receive JoAnn Pike Humanitarian Award
AUBURN — Good Shepherd Food Bank announced it will award the 2017 JoAnn Pike Humanitarian Award to Hannaford Supermarkets in honor of the company’s exceptional service to the community. The award will be presented at a celebratory dinner open to the public at the food bank’s warehouse at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 6. The facility […]