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Building Advocates Leadership Program Results
This past fall, Area Interfaith Outreach and Good Shepherd Food Bank teamed up to bring the Building Advocates Leadership Program to the greater Rockland …
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Good Shepherd Food Bank Participates in USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program
AUBURN, Maine – Good Shepherd Food Bank announces its participation in the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program. “Afterschool should be a fun …
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Annual School Pantry Capacity Building Grants Announced
AUBURN, Maine – Good Shepherd Food Bank recently announced the recipients of their annual School Pantry Capacity Building Grant program. Funded on a competitive …
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The Least Donated Holiday Item – Milk
AUGUSTA, Maine – The holidays are a time for giving, and it’s always appreciated when people remember their neighbors in need by donating to …
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Maine University Team Awarded $250,000 Grant to Create Sustainable Food Solution
Sodexo, University of Maine Farmington and University of Maine Presque Isle Named Among 2019 Food Vision Prize Winners by the Henry P. Kendall Foundation …
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Hannaford donates $1 million to support hunger relief efforts
Hannaford’s Fuel Kids at School initiative to establish 90 school food pantries across northeast, including 30 in Maine Scarborough, ME—Hannaford Supermarkets announced today a …
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Good Shepherd Food Bank Announces New Board Members
AUBURN, Maine – Good Shepherd Food Bank, Maine’s largest hunger-relief organization, announces the appointment of two new board of directors’ members, David Reifschneider and …
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New England Cancer Specialists Named 2019 ACCC Innovator
AUBURN, Maine – Good Shepherd Food Bank would like to congratulate its partner, New England Cancer Specialist, on being recognized as one of the …
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Good Shepherd Food Bank Celebrates Opening of New Food Distribution Center in Hampden
HAMPDEN, Maine – Good Shepherd Food Bank President Kristen Miale announced the opening of the organization’s new food distribution center in Hampden, Maine, today. …
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Why eliminating food insecurity in Maine is good for business
What do an engineering firm, a bank, a utility company, and a car dealership have in common? CES, Inc., Machias Savings Bank, Emera Maine …
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Cooking Matters Maine Provides Programming to a Milestone of 30,000 Mainers
In nine short years, Good Shepherd Food Bank’s Cooking Matters programming reached more than 30,000 Maine-based participants. Cooking Matters Maine provides hands-on cooking and …
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What child hunger looks like in the classroom
Jen Montgomery-Rice of Hampden spent 25 years teaching and caring for children in both Maine and Massachusetts public schools and her own childcare/preschool business …
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