The company is also offering a $5,000 matching donation from employees.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine nonprofit organizations need a lifeline
Please support the charities that have helped keep Mainers safe, housed, fed, educated and even entertained during the pandemic.
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Posted inNation & World
What the new stimulus package will mean for 50 million food-insecure Americans
An estimated 13% of all adult Americans have reported they sometimes or often didn’t have enough to eat the last 7 days.
Posted inPortland Forecaster
Pandemic impedes after-school meal program
Distribution logistics has led to a drastic drop in eligible students receiving the meals in Portland.
Posted inNation & World
A $4.5 billion Trump food program is already out of money, leaving families hungry
The Farmers to Families Food Box program was launched by the Trump administration in May to support struggling farmers and feed jobless Americans battered by the pandemic. It was supposed to provide food support through the end of the year.
Posted inNation & World
Millions of hungry Americans turn to food banks for 1st time
As a year marked by coronavirus nears an end, millions of Americans are depending on food banks to stave off hunger.
Posted inPortland Forecaster
Portland meal providers pivot to feed hungry
Together, Wayside Food Programs and Preble Street provided close to 2,000 precooked Thanksgiving dinners for those in need.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Millions of Americans going hungry this winter
Food insecurity in Maine, and across the country, is rising to historic levels.
Posted inTimes Record
COVID pandemic drives Bath Area Food Bank to lift restrictions for one day
The food distribution is scheduled from 10 a.m. 2 p.m. Saturday at 807 Middle St. in Bath. Attendees are required to wear a face mask and bring their own bags.
Posted inNation & World
World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize for hunger fight
The Rome-based U.N. agency was established in 1961 at the behest of President Eisenhower and has brought aid to multiple crises.