by maineseacoast | May 6, 2020 | COVID-19 Updates, Downeast Campus, Food Pantry, Maine Seacoast Mission, News
Mission Food Pantry Do-It-Yourself Apple Crisp Kit
CHERRYFIELD, ME — Today was an amazing and busy day at the Food Pantry. Our theme of the day was apple crisp. We gave out oats, sugar and apples with each box so families could make their own.
We served 40 families/117 people. Twenty families had food delivered; 20 families picked up at the Food Pantry. We’ve received very positive feedback about our online Food Pantry ordering system. Our clients find it helpful. We do too. Our clients receive more of what they want. We waste less food. The pantry staff was able to keep track of all incoming phone-calls, the online orders, and the food deliveries. That was no small feat.
We were so busy Farmer Michael made a second trip to bring us more salad greens to give out.
I am very proud of my staff for always thinking outside the box and finding new and innovative ways to serve our patrons.
Megan Smith
Interim Food Pantry Manager
Community Resource Coordinator
by maineseacoast | May 5, 2020 | COVID-19 Updates, Food Pantry, Maine Seacoast Mission, News, Sunbeam
BAR HARBOR, ME — The Mission’s May 2020 eNewsletter is available now online (PDF). Includes updates on the Food Pantry and other food security programs, the Mission’s Project ReachOut, the ‘Sunbeam’ Re-fit, and our GivingTuesday appeal for help with the Mission’s good works.
You can also subscribe to our eNewsletter. Click here.
by maineseacoast | May 1, 2020 | Downeast Campus, Food Pantry, Maine Seacoast Mission, News
CHERRYFIELD, ME — Before COVID 19, people would choose what food they wanted when they came into the Mission’s Food Pantry.
We miss that and want to give you a way to select your food. We have created a shopping list and we will try to accommodate you the best we can. Please click the link below to fill out the online form.
If you have any questions, please call 207-546-7424.
Click Here for the Food Pantry Online Ordering Form
by maineseacoast | Apr 23, 2020 | Downeast Campus, Food Pantry, Maine Seacoast Mission, News, Thank You Thursday
BAR HARBOR, ME — This week’s Thank you Thursday shout-out of Mission Love goes to Women for Healthy Rural Living (WHRL), a partner on so many levels in strengthening community. WHRL is part of the Downeast Roots collaboration leveraging resources to help families thrive, an organizer of diaper drives to offer food pantry patrons, an animator of Incredible Edible Milbridge, and a provider of range of educational programs that illustrate how WHRL is a passionate and persistent advocate for health and wellness!
Visit Women for Healthy Rural Living and Downeast Roots online.
This is what community looks like.
by maineseacoast | Apr 15, 2020 | COVID-19 Updates, Food Pantry, Island Health, Island Outreach, Maine Seacoast Mission, News
BAR HARBOR, ME — Maine Seacoast Mission partnered with [Area Interfaith Outreach (AIO) Food] Pantry & Emergency Services to send a shipment of perishable and pantry items to Matinicus [Island].
Full story and photos
by maineseacoast | Apr 13, 2020 | COVID-19 Updates, Downeast Campus, Food Pantry, Maine Seacoast Mission, News
CHERRYFIELD, ME — For graduating seniors, high school spring is looking very different this year. Narraguagus student Levi Shaw, pictured here, spent his morning picking up donated produce from Shaw’s and Walmart in Ellsworth for delivery to the Mission’s food pantry in Cherryfield. Levi helps run our drive-thru pantry. We are grateful for his muscle – and his heart. The Air Force will be lucky to have him come fall. This is what community looks like.
