Food Banks
| Address: | 159 Main St.
Farmington, ME 04938 |
| Phone: | (207) 778-6107 |
| Website: | http://www.awap.org |
| Clients: | Individuals volunteering or participating in AWAP. |
| Hours: | By appointment or chance. |
| Address: | Box 508
Farmington, ME 04938 |
| Location: | Fairbanks School Meeting House
583 Fairbanks Rd Farmington |
| Phone: | (207) 778-3833 or 645-2312 |
| E-mail: | tonlymcl@verizon.net |
| Contact: | Carolyn McLaughlin, Volunteer Organizer |
| Clients: | The Food Closet serves the towns of Farmington, West Farmington, New Sharon, New Vineyard, North New Portland, Temple and parts of Chesterville |
| Services: | The Closet is an emergency service that provides three to five days of food for every 30 day period |
| Hours: | Monday through Friday, noon to 2:00 p.m. |
| Address: | P.O. Box 156
Rangeley, ME 04970 |
| Location: | Main St.
Basement of Rangeley Congregational Church Rangeley |
| Phone: | (207) 864-3394 or Cathy (207) 864-5276 |
| E-mail: | ahodge@gwi.net |
| Contact: | Audrey Hodge or Louise Doak |
| Clients: | Residents of the town of Rangeley |
| Services: | Food Pantry |
| Hours: | Tuesday 10 a.m. - noon
Last Tuesday of the month 4 - 6 p.m. |
| Address: | PO Box 111
New Sharon, ME 04955 |
| Location: | 6 Chick Road
Industry |
| Phone: | (207) 778-4523 |
| E-mail: | coffeecup1944@yahoo.com |
| Contact: | Pauline Oaks |
| Clients: | People who live in Industry, West Mills and Chesterville. |
| Fees: | Donations of food can be brought to the food pantry. Extras from home gardens are also greatly appreciated. Monetary donations to the food pantry should be sent to Bob Healy, 71 Pratt Mt. Road, New Vineyard, Me. 04956. |
| Hours: | Monday 9:00-11:00 a.m. or Wednesday 4:00-6:00 p.m. |
| Address: | 20 Church St.
Wilton |
| Location: | Located on the grounds of Franklin Memorial Hospital, between Mt. Blue Health Center and the hospital in Farmington. |
| Phone: | (207) 645-3136 x 5113; 1-800-525-3136 (toll free) |
| Fax: | (207) 645-4138 |
| E-mail: | eliddy@fchn.org |
| Website: | http://www.fchn.org/hcc |
| Contact: | Eileen Liddy |
| Services: | The Hope Harvest Garden is a 60 x 110 foot garden plot, located on a sunny southern exposure on the grounds at Franklin Memorial Hospital. It is a collaboration between Healthy Community Coalition, University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Master Gardeners, Franklin Memorial Hospital, Western Maine Community Action, and local groups and businesses.
Over 175 volunteers were involved in growing more than 2,200 pounds of chemical-free produce that was donated to area food pantries in 2004. The goal is to raise awareness of food pantries’ needs, increase access to fresh produce by pantry clients, and use the garden as a learning tool for the community. Another community garden was started at Blueberry Hill Apartments in Farmington in 2005. For more information or to volunteer, contact Liddy at the Healthy Community Coalition at 645-3136 ext. 5113. Volunteers are needed for all phases of gardening - planning, cultivating seedlings, preparing the soil, planting, weeding and harvesting produce. |
| Address: | C/O Rev. Scott Planting
PO Box 206 Farmington, ME 04938 |
| Phone: | (207) 778-4705 |
| E-mail: | splanting@mainewest.com |
| Website: | http://www.mate2000.org/churches.html |
| Contact: | Rev. Scott Planting |
| Services: | Ministry has numerous assistance programs including repairing and rebuilding housing, thrift shops, food pantries, camping for kids 8-18 every summer, Youth groups, partnership with a South African church, and Safe Visitors program. |
| Address: | 321 Pond Rd.
Mt. Vernon, ME 04352 |
| Phone: | (207) 293-2273 |
| Clients: | Mt. Vernon and Vienna residents. |
| Hours: | Saturday 10-12 p.m. |
| Address: | PO Box 273
Phillips, ME 04966 |
| Location: | Methodist Church
Main St. Phillips |
| Phone: | (207)639-2201 |
| Clients: | People who live in Phillips, Avon, and Madrid. |
| Services: | Housed at the Phillips United Methodist Church. |
| Hours: | Tuesday, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon. |
| Address: | 81 Church Hill Rd.
Leeds, ME 04263 |
| Phone: | (207) 524-3791 or 224-7505 |
| E-mail: | rcamout@aol.com |
| Website: | http://www.rcam.net/ |
| Contact: | Gil Ward or Carole Richards |
| Clients: | RCAM provides assistance for people living in Oxford, Androscoggin, and Kennebec counties. Towns served: Livermore, Greene, Sabattus, Wales, Momouth, Litchfield, Buckfield, Hartford, Canton, Sumner, Turner, and Leeds. |
| Services: | RCAM reaches out to people of rural Maine who are in need and assists them to help themselves.
The RCAM also has Summer Mission/Work Groups come to Maine in the summer from all over the country to help the RCAM’s Housing Program with rehabilitation on community homes and other RCAM Projects. Housing Program: Designed to respond to both the emergency and long term needs in maintaining safe and adequate housing. Gardening Program: Helps people learn to plan, plant, maintain and harvest their own gardens. Volunteer Program: Creates an opportunity for individuals to help people in need throughout RCAM’s 13 town service area. Homelessness Prevention Services Program: Helps people to access the right resources to meet their highest possible level of self sufficiency by identifying needs, helping to set priorities, providing information and encouraging progress. Emergency Shelter: RCAM operates a two unit emergency homeless shelter for families who find themselves without a place to live. Faith In Action Program: Coordinates volunteers to provide outreach services to frail elderly and disabled. Food Banks: The RCAM helps to maintain 13 area Food Banks staffed by community Volunteers. |
| Address: | PO Box 154
Stratton, ME 04982 |
| Location: | Community Building
Main St. Stratton |
| Phone: | (207) 246-6231 |
| E-mail: | flocald@tdstelme.net |
| Contact: | Flo or John Caldwell |
| Clients: | Food bank serves Stratton, Eustis, Coplin, Cobin Gore, Wyman Township, and Carrabassett. |
| Hours: | 3rd or 4th Thursday 9:30-3 p.m. |
| Address: | Carthage Town Office
703A Carthage Rd. Carthage, ME 04224 |
| Phone: | (207) 562-8874 |
| Contact: | Steve Brown |
| Clients: | The food bank serves Carthage and Weld residents. |
| Services: | Food bank open as needed. |
| Address: | PO Box 314
Livermore Falls, ME 04524 |
| Location: | Eaton United Methodist Church
28 Church Street Livermore Falls |
| Contact: | Ray Bryant |
| Clients: | People who live in Livermore, Livermore Falls, and Jay. |
| Services: | Housed at Eaton Memorial United Methodist Church.
Parking is available in the Knapp Street parking lot adjacent to the church. Contacts: Raymond Bryant, Board chairperson. |
| Hours: | Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursday 2-4 p.m. Tuesday evenings 6-8 p.m. |
| Address: | 1458 Salem Road
Salem Township, ME 04983 |
| Location: | Rt. 142
Salem |
| Phone: | (207) 678-2611 |
| E-mail: | umem@tdstelme.net |
| Contact: | Crystal Cook |
| Clients: | Serves Freeman, Strong, Kingfield and Salem. |
| Hours: | Tuesday-Thursday 1-4 p.m. Saturday 10-11 a.m. |
| Address: | PO Box 200
East Wilton, ME 04234 |
| Location: | 20 Church St.
Wilton |
| Phone: | (207) 645-3764; 1-800-645-9396 (toll free) |
| E-mail: | cbrophy@wmca.org |
| Website: | http://www.wmca.org |
| Contact: | Cindy Brophy, TEFAP Coordinator |
| Services: | Cindy Brophy works for Western Maine Community Action and coordinates food deliveries from the state (USDA commodities), the Good Shepherd Food Bank in Auburn, the Senior Farm Share program, and from the Hope Harvest Community Garden by the FMH. |
| Fees: | None. |
| Address: | PO Box 517
Wilton, ME 04294 |
| Location: | 600 Main St.
Wilton |
| Phone: | (207) 645-2190 |
| E-mail: | aomcdonald@verizon.net |
| E-mail: | susan@lfme.org |
| Contact: | Kitty McDonald |
| Clients: | Serves the towns of Wilton, Weld, North Jay, and East Dixfield. |
| Hours: | Tuesday-Friday 10-12 p.m. |