Temporary hours and changes due to COVID-19 as of Local Food Pantries & Soup Kitchens
MARCH 30, 2020 AUBURN All sites are following health safety measures to adjust to Auburn Recreation Department Grab n’ Go Meals CDC recommendations. Hasty Community Center - 48 Pettengill Park 207-333-6611 x2108 Updates are likely to change frequently and only represent the most recent Curb-side pick-up in Tuesday and Fridays. Must order by noon information available as of date listed above. Please call site if in doubt. the day before. You can also register online. www.teamside.com/user/Signin.aspx?d=PHPFRdXIc4VVUIxu SoPduDQRIRPOo4sW Androscoggin County 7th Day Adventist Church Pantry Community Food Resources 316 Minot Ave. Nutrition Assistance Programs 207-376-7680 Tuesdays: 9 am-1 pm, will deliver upon request. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) *Boxes are distributed Formerly food stamps —a federal nutrition program that helps you stretch 7th Day Adventist Church Pantry your food budget and buy healthy food. 316 Minot Ave. Apply for benefits online: 207-376-7680 www.maine.gov/mymaineconnection. Tuesdays: 9 am-1 pm, will deliver upon request. Please apply online or by mail at this time. *Boxes are distributed through the loading/unloading window.
Maine SNAP-Ed www.mainesnaped.org High Street Congregational Church Food Pantry All classes postponed/canceled Learn how 106 Pleasant St. to shop, cook and eat on a budget. 207-784-1306 Operations temporarily suspended. Tentative reopening 4/8. Maine Harvest Bucks www.maineharvestbucks.org When you use SNAP at farmers markets, you receive Maine GREENE Harvest Bucks to save on fruits and vegetables. Greene Baptist Church Food Pantry 108 Main St. Women, Infants and Children (WIC) 207-212-3452 You may qualify if you are pregnant or have children under five First and third Thursdays of the month: 1 - 3 pm years old. Household income limits apply. Call the Auburn Pre-packed boxes distributed outside building. Office at 207-795-4016 or visit www.wicforme.com. LEEDS Meals for Kids Leeds Food Pantry - Leeds Community Church 123 Church Hill Rd. 207-524-7151 Free and Reduced-Price School Meals First and third Thursday of month: 12 - 7 pm Auburn www.auburnschl.edu Pre-packed with opportunity to choose extras – in church gym. Lewiston www.lewistonpublicschools.org/covid-19-nutrition-and- transportation-eb32cc69 LEWISTON MSAD #52 (Green, Leeds, Turner) www.rsu52.us RSU #16 (Mechanic Falls, Minot, Poland) Calvary United Methodist Church, Calvary City Mission Meals Program www.rsu16.org/coronavirus-update-center 59 Sabattus St. RSU #4 207-782-3221 https://www.facebook.com/RSU4Maine/photos/a.543620105704458/ Services temporarily unavailable. 2870880829645029/?type=3&theater Center for Wisdom’s Women 97 Blake St. Additional Resources 207-513-3922 Closed for 2 weeks beginning 3/16 – check Facebook for updates
Call 2-1-1 Maine by dialing 2-1-1 or visit www.211maine.org. Hope Haven Gospel Mission 209 Lincoln St. Thank you to our partners: 207-783-6086 Food Pantry: Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 9:30 am – 3:30 pm Food is pre-boxed and distributed at pantry door. Soup Kitchen: All meals pre-packaged to-go. Monday-Saturday Dinner: 4:30 - 5:30 pm Sunday Lunch/Dinner: 2:30 - 3:30 pm
Hope House Network 91College St. 207-577-1165 Wednesday: 10 – 11 am Tables in yard, no entry to building – call if inclement weather.
Local Food Pantries & Soup Kitchens
LEWISTON CONT. TURNER Kaydenz Kitchen Trinity Jubilee Center North Turner Presbyterian Church 550 Lisbon St. 247 Bates St. Pantry/Turner Community Food Pantry 207-577-7942 207-782-5700 Boofy Quimby Memorial Hall Services Temporarily Suspended. Food Pantry: Route 219, North Turner Thursday: 7:45 - 10:45 am 207-395-5256 New Beginnings Outreach Soup Kitchen: Fourth Wednesday of the month: Program Monday-Saturday: 11 am 1 -3 pm and 5 -7 pm 134 College St. Meals and groceries distributed to-go in Register first at the town 24 -hour phone: 207-795-4070 courtyard – please DO NOT stay in office Call if emergent yard after receiving food. Daily 1:30- 4:30 pm need arises Mobile Pantry on Fridays- call to request a box by 4 pm Thursday LISBON Turner Food Bank Outreach Alumni- Pick up meal Lisbon Area Christian Outreach 96 Howes Corner Rd. 3:30-4:30 pm on Tuesdays Marion T. Morse Community Center * 207-395-5256 18 School St. Fourth Wednesday of the month: Pathways Vineyard Church 207-576-1109 or 207-353-8544 1 - 3 pm (for seniors only) 9 Foss Rd. Wednesday: 4:30 -7 pm 5 - 7 pm (all others) 207-784-9500 Saturday: 7:30 -10 am Select from list of available foods, Food Pantry: Friday: 8:30 - Boxes brought outside to you. Closed 2nd volunteer retrieves items and delivers to car. 10:30 am Wednesday of each month Pre-assembled food boxes. Weekly community meals MECHANIC FALLS WALES temporarily suspended. Wales Presbyterian Church Food Pantry Fill out application online at VFC - Bread of Life 90 Lewiston St. 668 Pond Rd. www.pathwayvineyard.com/commu 207-375-6618 nity-center . 207-345-9501 Pantry and Soup Kitchen 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month: 1:30 - 3:30 pm or by appointment The Root Cellar Second Tuesday of the month: 2nd Monday of the month: 89 Birch St. 10 – 11:30 am 6:30 - 8 pm 207-782-3659 Serving Minot, Mechanic Falls, and Hebron
Food Pantry: Monday-Friday 10 am – 4 pm POLAND Pre-packed boxes, proxy pick-up In accordance with Federal civil Poland Community Church Food Bank rights law and U.S. Department of (pick-up for a family member or 1212 Maine Street Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the neighbor) allowed. 207-998-4069 USDA, its Agencies, offices, and One visit per week. Wednesday: 2 - 5 pm employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited Saturday: 10 am - 1 pm from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, St. Mary’s Food Pantry religious creed, disability, age, political beliefs, or reprisal or Pre-Packed Boxes available on front retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity 208 Bates St. steps for clients to pick up after intake conducted or funded by USDA. 207-513-3841 through kitchen window. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of Tuesday, Friday: 11 am – 2 communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, pm audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the SABATTUS Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Pre-packaged bags Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech distributed in parking lot – Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service 61 Lisbon Rd. at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be use visual distancing cues. made available in languages other than English. 207-375-8399 To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the Salvation Army Monday: 1 - 2 pm USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) 67 Park St. Tuesday & Wednesday: 9 - 10 am found online at: How to File a Complaint, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the 207-783-0801 Pre-packed boxes including meat and letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a Food Pantry: Monday, Tuesday, produce distributed outside. copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: Thursday, Friday: 9am - 2 pm Call ahead for pre-packed food Community Baptist Food Pantry Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW box. Soup Kitchen: Take Out- 9 Main St. Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; Fax: (202) 690-7442; or Email: 207-375-4337 [email protected]. Saturday: 4 - 5:00 pm First and third Wednesday This institution is an equal opportunity provider. Maine SNAP- Lewiston- Seniors Plus MOW 9 am – 12 pm Ed is funded by the USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, which is administered by the Maine 55-Alfred Plourde Parkway Second Saturday of the month Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and 9 am - 12 pm implemented statewide by the University of New England 207-795-4010 (UNE) through contracts with local community coalitions. Maine www.seniorsplus.org Pre-packaged boxes distributed outside. SNAP-Ed educates low income families on low-cost, heathy eating and active lifestyles. Meals served 5 am-2 pm Monday-Thursday. Meals still Contact [email protected] or 207-221-4560 for more information. being delivered but no congregate dining