Food delivers bring donations to the table
Most of the food comes from Good Shepherd, and the mission also gets donations from Shaw s and Walmart, plus some local stores. Author: Don Carrigan Updated: 9:14 PM EDT May 6, 2021
CHERRYFIELD, Maine Joe Ocampo said he wanted to help his neighbors in Washington County and found the ideal way bringing them food during the COVID pandemic.
“It was a great opportunity to help those who need it and give back to the community,” he said.
Joe works for the Maine Seacoast Mission, which operates a food pantry in Cherryfield, serving homes all over that county. They’ve been doing it for years, but the demand doubled last year as many people were sidelined from work by the pandemic, and needed help to put enough food on the table.
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In the last year, many food pantries across the state reported increased visits from families who had never previously needed to use the food pantry.
Before the pandemic, 12.3 percent of Mainers were food-insecure. At the height of the pandemic, that number jumped to 14.7 percent. Thanks to the resilient food pantries and other agencies in our state, along with the generosity of thousands of Mainers, we anticipate that Maine’s hunger rate will level off at 13.5 percent in 2021.
Together we can Feed Maine.
NEWS CENTER Maine launched Feed Maine in September 2017 with a goal to raise enough money to supply one million meals to the people of Maine when and where they need it, ultimately to end food insecurity in our state. We are happy to report we reached that goal, but Mainers are still food insecure, and we need your help.