good shepherd food bank
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PublishedAugust 5, 2022
Good Shepherd Food Bank ready to launch new venture
Harvesting Good has goal of extending locally grown produce year-round into food bank's network.
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PublishedApril 5, 2022
Southern Maine food pantries see growing need with rising food, energy and gas prices
Some pantries are seeing new faces each week and some people who had stopped coming have returned.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2022
Walk, run, hike or snowshoe: West Bath woman’s outdoor quest for a food bank fundraiser
Losee is hoping to raise $48,000 for the Good Shepherd Food Bank and encourage people of all ages to exercise regularly.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2021
Good Shepherd’s mystery donor: A $1 million pledge and a challenge to others
Good Shepherd would neither confirm nor deny reports that the donor is a portly man with a long, white beard who dresses all in red.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2021
Pandemic threatens Wiscasset nonprofit farm’s long-term survival
Morris Farm in Wiscasset has given away roughly 300 pounds of fresh produce through its free take-what-you-need farm stand since it launched in late August.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2021
Good Shepherd launches $250 million campaign to end hunger, as pandemic increases need
The Campaign to End Hunger will fund grants to local food pantries and focus on equity for communities of color, which are disproportionately affected by food insecurity, the food bank says.
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2021
Maine Voices: Ending hunger in Maine by decade’s end is still within our reach
Working with elected officials and philanthropic groups, we must invest in strategies that provide not only short-term relief but also long-term solutions.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2021
Investors help Good Shepherd Food Bank go solar
The nonprofit will have the option to buy the panels at a depreciated cost.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2021
West Bath woman hikes to raise money for Good Shepherd Food Bank amid pandemic
“What if the pain and fear that came out of 2020 motivated us to start taking care of our bodies?” said Rita Losee, 78. “We have control over how we treat our bodies. I want people to look at me and think ‘Well if that old broad can do it, so can I.”
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PublishedDecember 17, 2020
Good Shepherd Food Bank says billionaire’s donation to aid mission
The organization expects to receive its gift, part of a $4 billion series of donations from MacKenzie Scott, early in 2021.