Pandemic leads to run on diaper bank as families struggle with finances
A Portland based non-profit provides free diapers to parents who can t afford them, and the need has skyrocketed.
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Packages of diapers are stacked at the Michael Klahr Jewish Family Services Diaper Bank on Dec. 23. The diaper bank is the only one in southern Maine and has seen a dramatic rise in need since the start of the pandemic.
Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer
In the six years since the opening of southern Maine’s only diaper bank, the need has never been so high.
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Hanukkah celebration lights up Portland with parade
Chabad of Maine s car-top menorah parade from Rosemont section to City Hall was one of the innovative way members of Maine s Jewish community took to celebrating Hanukkah this year.
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Vehicles head down Bancroft Street in Portland Dec. 10 as part of Chabad of Maine’s car-top menorah parade. The event, a first-ever in the state, kicked off the first night of Hanukkah, which runs through sundown Friday.
Michael Kelley / The Forecaster
PORTLAND Taking a nearly 50-year-old New York City tradition and making it their own, Chabad of Maine found a pandemic-safe way this year to share Hanukkah’s message of light and hope with the Portland community.