Submitted by Diane Atwood, Catching Health with Diane Atwood
Monday, August 25th, 2014, 5:00pm
On the third Saturday of every month, from 6:00 to 8:00 am cars line up at the drive-through window of the Volunteer Regional Food Pantry in Unity, Maine.
In that hour and a half, the pantry is able to provide food to about 275 families or nearly 700 people throughout its community. Each family that drives up to the window gets a box full of non perishable food items topped with freshly harvested vegetables. Read more ...
Submitted by Diane Atwood, Catching Health with Diane Atwood
Monday, July 14th, 2014, 3:19pm
Part two of a series on hunger in Maine.
In America there is an assumption that with girth comes wealth and that people who are food insecure or malnourished are also automatically thin. Let’s remember that food insecurity means lacking reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food. Read more ...
Please join us on Friday, June 6th for the Day of Giving!
OXFORD HILLS: The Day of Giving is a day set aside when we welcome members of the community, local business, friends and supporters to The Progress Center to volunteer side by side with staff and individuals supported at the Center. While at The Progress Center, be sure to meet Jennifer Putnam, our new Executive Director.
