Volunteer

Volunteer Impact

Good Shepherd Food Bank relies on volunteers to serve our mission of increasing access to healthy and nutritious food. In 2022, Food Bank volunteers:

  • Served 17,684 hours from 1,136 volunteers, equivalent to a $437,400 donation
  • Inspected and sorted 1,531,816 pounds of food
  • 3,750 participants in 142 Cooking Matters Maine courses
  • Packed 68,665 CSFP boxes
  • Packed 3,705 Community Health and Hunger boxes, equaling 11,115 bags
  • Helped the Food Bank provide 29 million meals to Mainers facing food insecurity
Hannaford Helps group pose in front of the Hampden Distribution Center entrance.

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