DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am attempting to help people find food resources. Is there a list I can access?—No name, no town
ANSWER: Below are resources in Sun Spots Land listed on the Good Shepard Food Bank of Maine website. The link: www.gsfb.org/food-map.
Readers, if I missed any, please add to the list:
Care & Share Food Closet, 508 Fairbanks Road, Farmington. Phone: 207-645-2312; Phillips Area Food Pantry, 15 Russell St., Phillips. Phone: 207-491-0118; Living Waters Food Pantry, 547 Wilton Road, Farmington. Phone: 207-778-6190; UMC — Wilton Area Food Pantry, 600 Main St., Wilton. Phone: 207645-4885; Food Cupboard of Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls, 1 Church St., Jay. Phone: 207-897-3529; Servant’s Heart Food Pantry, 98 Main St., Peru. Phone: 207-562-7167; Old School Food Pantry, 3 Recreation Drive, Mexico. Phone: 207-364-7408.
Leeds Food Pantry, 123 Church Hill Road. Phone: 207-524-7151; Turner Food Bank, 96 Howes Corner Road, Turner. Phone: 207-395-5256; Greene Baptist Church Food Pantry, 108 Main St., Greene. Phone: 207-212-3452; Litchfield Food Bank, 491 Richmond Road, Litchfield. Phone: 207-557-2680; Community Baptist Food Pantry, 9 Main St., Sabattus. Phone: 207-375-4337; Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry, 61 Lisbon Road, Sabattus. Phone: 207-375-8399; Lisbon Area Christian Outreach (LACO), 16 School St., Lisbon Falls. Phone: 207-353-8544.
Bethel Area District Exchange and Food Pantry, 279 Walkers Mills Road, Bethel. Phone: 207-824-0369; Neighborly Niche Food Pantry, 14 Church St., West Paris. Phone: 207-739-0771; North Fryeburg Community Chapel Food Pantry, 3 N. Fryeburg Road (intersection of Route 113 and Fish Street), Fryeburg. Phone: 207-935-3201.
New Beginnings Shelter, 491 Main St., Lewiston. Phone: 571-236-5827; New Beginnings Outreach Program, 134 College St., Lewiston. Phone: 207-795-6831; Hope House Network, 91 College St., Lewiston. Phone: 207-577-1165; Calvary UMC — City Mission Project, 59 Sabattus St., Lewiston. Phone: 207-408-9513; YWCA, 130 East Ave., Lewiston. Phone: 207-795-4050; Salvation Army — Lewiston, 67 Park St., Lewiston. Phone: 207-783-0801; St. Mary’s Food Pantry, 208 Bates St., Lewiston. Phone: 207-513-3841; Root Cellar — Lewiston, 89 Birch St., Lewiston. Phone: 207-782-3659; Masjid al Salaam, 240 Bartlett St., Lewiston. Phone: 207-344-9153; Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services (MEIRS), 256 Bartlett St., Lewiston. Phone: 207-782-0260; Hope Haven Gospel Mission, 209 Lincoln St., Lewiston. Phone: 207-783-6086; Kaydenz Kitchen Food Pantry, 550 Lisbon St., Lewiston. Phone: 207-577-7942; Pathway Vineyard Church Food Pantry, 9 Foss Road, Lewiston. Phone: 207-784-9500.
High Street Congregational Church Food Pantry, 106 Pleasant St., Auburn. Phone: 207-784-1306; Seventh Day Adventist Food Pantry, 316 Minot Ave., Auburn. Phone: 207-376-7680; Oxford Hills Food Pantry, 35 Paris St., Norway. Phone: 207-743-6430; Community Lunch — Norway, 479 Main St., Norway. Phone: 207-743-2828; Oxford SDA Food Pantry, 259 Fore St., Oxford. Phone: 207-739-2871; VCF — Bread of Life Soup Kitchen, 90 Lewiston St., Mechanic Falls. Phone: 207-345-9501; Poland Spring Academy, 14 Hope Springs Road, Poland. Phone: 207-998-4566; and Poland Community Food Bank, 1208 Maine St., Poland. Phone: 207-998-4069.
DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Pleasant Street Drop-in Center always need blankets. Some of our other needs this week include toothpaste, razors, Q-tips, cough drops, pocket-size tissues and deodorants. Thank you to our community. We are so grateful for your generosity.—Angela, no town
ANSWER: The Pleasant Street Drop-in Center at 169 Pleasant St. in Auburn is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays and 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesdays. Keep up the great donations, everyone.
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