AUBURN — The Trinity Jubilee Center’s 14th annual Empty Bowls Supper will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 20, at the First Universalist Church, 169 Pleasant St. Potters from across the state have created hundreds of bowls, plates and mugs and 17 local restaurants are preparing dinner. Everyone is invited to purchase […]
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Evergreen donates to Trinity Center
AUBURN —? Evergreen Subaru in Auburn hosted a community reception April 25 to announce the annual Subaru Share the Love campaign raised $27,500 for Trinity Jubilee Center in Lewiston. Nearly 50 business, nonprofit and community leaders and customers attended. Trinity Jubilee Center operates a day shelter, resource center, soup kitchen and food pantry. It was […]
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Grant helps Trinity food pantry
The Lewiston Auburn Children’s Foundation has begun giving out the annual grant money to nonprofits in the area. Liza Dimitri, foundation vice president, recently visited with Director Erin Reed, Trinity Jubilee Center, which received a grant for $2,000 to help the food pantry, which distributes diapers to more than 180 families every month. If any […]
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Kudos: Giving thanks to Trinity volunteers
LEWISTON — Two days before Thanksgiving, there were already turkeys coming out of the oven at the Trinity Jubilee Center, while piles of carrots, turnips and squash were being prepped by four volunteers on an adjacent table. Throughout the week, a festive atmosphere swirls around the community resource center on Bates Street as the organization […]
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Norway Savings Bank donates to Trinity Jubilee Center
Representatives from Norway Savings Bank present a $1,012 to Erin Reed, executive director of Trinity Jubilee Center. The funds will be used for building materials as it renovates its space. From left are Ian Pullen, VP commercial loan officer, Norway Savings Bank; Pat Weigel, president and CEO, Norway Savings Bank; Erin Reed, executive director, Trinity Jubilee […]
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Working: Help wanted, help found
LEWISTON — Haibado Daher was a teacher back home in Djibouti. Here, she was a single mom with three kids and no job. City staff pointed her toward the Trinity Jubilee Center last fall to fulfill a volunteering requirement tied to General Assistance. While she waited for a work permit, Daher, 38, helped people coming […]
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Empty Bowls supper in Auburn on Sunday
Lindsey Tomlinson-Peck of Auburn trims a serving bowl at The Mudroom Pottery Studio in Auburn on Wednesday. Tomlinson-Peck is one of a handful of potters who will donate pieces for the Empty Bowls supper at the First Universalist Church on Sunday, May 7. Diners buy an empty bowl and in return, receive soup, bread and […]
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‘It’s like a family’
Lewiston’s Trinity Jubilee Center celebrates 25 years of offering ‘a big support system’ LEWISTON — Thursdays are usually food pantry days at the Trinity Jubilee Center in the basement of the Trinity Episcopal Church in Lewiston. This Thursday, at noon, in honor of Thanksgiving, the center will instead host a special lunch with eight turkeys donated […]
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Norway Savings cooks up help for food pantries
NORWAY — Norway Savings Bank employees raised $10,000 to help feed Maine families struggling with food insecurity by donating proceeds raised from selling “Colorful Cooking Solutions,” a cookbook of recipes from bank employees. The bank raised $10,000 through the sale of the cookbooks, and selected five food pantries across Maine to receive $2,000 each. Local […]
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Androscoggin Bank foundation supports three area organizations
LEWISTON — Androscoggin Bank’s MainStreet Foundation recently awarded three grants to three Lewiston-Auburn organizations. A $2,500 grant was given to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine to support the Auburn clubhouse’s efforts to engage younger members in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Program via LEGO robotics build kits. A $2,500 grant was […]