Food Pantry Archives - Maine Seacoast Mission

A Guitar and a Kind Heart

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Scott Fish

Nancy and guitar. (Photo courtesy Marilyn Nickson)

Cherryfield, ME — The Mission’s June 6 Facebook post opened with: ‘Guitar Lost in House Fire, Seeking Replacement.’ Marilyn Nickson, Downeast Campus Community Coordinator, wondered if someone had “a guitar out there in good condition that might find a home” with an 80-year old woman who “lost everything some time ago in a house fire,” including her “prize possession” guitar.

Well, an secret angel with a guitar and a kind heart had a guitar for the woman we now know is Nancy.

Marilyn Nickson reconnected with Nancy a few days ago. “She was so happy! She’s been playing [guitar] since she was 15, she tells me. She wanted to thank the donor,” Marilyn said in an email accompanying this photo.

Thank you, as well, on behalf of Maine Seacoast Mission.

Weald Bethel Food Pantry People Donate 1,500 Pounds of Food to @StampOutHunger

Posted on May 17, 2017 by Scott Fish

Wendy Harrington, Director of the Mission’s Downeast Campus in Cherryfield, ME, thanks all “The generous people in the Weald Bethel Food Pantry service area who donated approximately 1,500 pounds of food on Saturday, May 13 during the US Postal Service Food Drive.”

Birthday Gifts? Seven-Year Old Gavin Asks Friends to Help Feed the Hungry

Posted on May 5, 2017May 5, 2017 by Scott Fish

Cherryfield, ME — Photo and note from the Mission Downeast Campus Caretaker Scott Shaw:

This is Gavin Beal For his 7th birthday Gavin wanted to have his friends bring food to his party, instead of gifts, for people who did not have anything to eat! This very cool young man and his mom, Christen Beal of Cherryfield, ME came in to donate to the Mission’s Downeast Campus food pantry.

Food Shelves and Refrigeration Upgrade for Milbridge Food Cupboard

Posted on March 7, 2017March 7, 2017 by Scott Fish

The current Milbridge School Cupboard storage space filled with food. (Photo by Wendy Harrington)

Cherryfield, ME — Good news from Downeast Campus Director Wendy Harrington. Milbridge School Cupboard received a $1,000 grant from Good Shepherd Foord Bank for refrigeration and shelving. The Milbridge Elementary School Cupboard is a Maine Seacoast Mission program funded by Sewall.

Laura Thomas oversees the pantry. In December 2016 the Maine Education Association named Laura Thomas an “Inspiring Educator” for her work in Milbridge.

Snow? Food Pantry is Open and Ready to Serve

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Scott Fish

Cherryfield, ME — Downeast Campus Director Wendy Harrington sends this photo and news item: On Tuesday February 14, the front door to the Downeast Campus Center is piled high with snow but the path to the Food Pantry door is shoveled and ready to serve customers. We want to make sure people can get to the pantry on the days between the recent snow storms.