Dear Editor: I have been a member of St. Philips Episcopal Church for over 30 years. Our little church has always been a giving member to the residents of Wiscasset and beyond. For many years our church housed the Head Start program. The Wiscasset.
For December, the store leadership at Hannaford’s in Damariscotta has selected the Help Yourself Shelf (HYS) to receive a $1 donation from every purchase of the $2.50 Fight Hunger Bag and 25 cents from the sale of their new Snack Pal Plates Program.
February brought an end to emergency supplemental benefits created in 2020 for food, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. With this, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments returned to normal levels. The reduced amount is.
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Help Yourself Shelf (HYS) food pantry in Wiscasset has been picked as a beneficiary of the Hannaford Helps Reusable Bag Program for January 2021.
The bag program, launched in April 2014, facilitates community support to make a difference in the communities where shoppers live and \work.
HYS was picked by store leadership at the Damariscotta Hannaford. HYS will receive a $1 donation every time the $2.50 reusable Fight Hunger Bag is bought at this location in January, unless otherwise directed by the customer through the giving tag attached to the bag.
HYS is a nonprofit based at St. Philip’s Church, 12 Hodge St. Founded over 40 years ago, HYS has helped the food insecure who need a hand up, not a hand out.