Showing posts with label food insecurity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food insecurity. Show all posts
Friday, April 19, 2024

Late-season Polar Dip raises $5K for Sebago Lakes Chamber's 'Feed the Need' Program

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By Masha Yurkevich About three months behind schedule, Polar Dip participants of the annual Polar Dip rushed into 38-degree water at Raymond...
Friday, December 15, 2023

Backpack program tackles food insecurity in community

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By Ed Pierce The lyrics of an old Christian hymn proclaim simply “we rise by lifting others” and that’s precisely what the Windham/Raymond B...
Friday, July 22, 2022

Food pantries playing larger role as local economy tightens

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Rising inflation and soaring gasoline prices have resulted in an increasing number of individuals and families seeking help from the Raymond...
Friday, January 21, 2022

Teacher's creative lessons on food insecurity leads to agriculture award

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Stacey Sanborn, right, a fourth-grade teacher at Manchester School, was honored with awarded the Maine Agriculture In The Classroom Teacher ...
Friday, October 2, 2020

The Katahdin Program seeks monetary donations for their ‘Food for Thought’ initiative

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By Lorraine Glowczak Almost 80 percent of the student population at The Katahdin Program qualifies for free or reduced lunch. This alternati...
Friday, July 10, 2020

Enthusiastic response greets ‘Operation Summer Snacks’ in Windham

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The annual “Operation Summer Snacks,” an initiative of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Windham, collects food for children in need who ...
Friday, July 3, 2020

FOOD4Vets program has first distribution in Windham

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David Horne, American Legion Field-Allen Post 148 Americanism Officer, places a box of food into a waiting vehicle during the FOOD4Vet...
Friday, June 26, 2020

Raymond will continue to offer free food to students, families during summer months

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By Lorraine Glowczak Although recent changes to the USDA’s eligibility requirements helped solve RSU14’s challenge in providing summer...
Friday, June 12, 2020

RSU14 faces challenges in addressing student summer food insecurity

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Jeanne Reilly, left, the Director of School Nutrition for RSU14 and David Boger, Windham Middle School kitchen manager, prepare to give...
Friday, June 5, 2020

Free Monday Meal program is still going strong, providing food to local pantries

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Olley Klein of Gray, left, said thathe has been coming to the Monday Meal program since its inception and finds its fellowship is just ...
Friday, July 26, 2019

Preschoolers run ‘marathon’ to raise money for RSU14 Backpack Program

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Students at Birchwood Day Nursery School By Lorraine Glowczak Organizations – whether they are businesses, religious or otherwise, w...