The Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger, which has raised and distributed more than $6.5 million since 1990, has again partnered with Brenda Davis, one of the state’s leading ending hunger advocates and director of BBC Opportunity Center in Old Town, to cover the state on foot to raise awareness about the problem of hunger in Maine.

Recently, the tour made stops in the Midcoast region in Bath, Bowdoinham, Brunswick, Edgecomb, Freeport, Lisbon and Topsham.

As part of the tour’s mission of making an impact in each community it visits, the Maine CUs’ Campaign for Ending Hunger also presented a check to a food pantry. Collectively, the contributions will enable the Midcoast food pantries to purchase nearly $10,000 worth of food and supplies at Good Shepherd

Food Bank.

The 15th annual Maine Credit Unions’ Ending Hunger Walking Tour was the largest yet with the walk visiting a record-setting 90 communities. Maine’s credit unions made a contribution to a food pantry in each community it visited.

During the walk, Davis traveled throughout the state from Madawaska to Kittery, focusing attention on the severity that hunger exists in Maine, with 15 percent of Maine’s population identified as food insecure.

Davis began her month-long journey in Augusta and concluded with a ceremony in Bangor.

• RECENTLY, the tour made stops in the Midcoast region in Bath, Bowdoinham, Brunswick, Edgecomb, Freeport, Lisbon and Topsham.