Community Outreach Efforts
The Food Security Coalition (FSC) provides consultation, resource assistance, and networking opportunities to volunteer-run food security organizations in the greater mid coast region.
The Food Security Coalition is comprised of representatives from more than 25 food pantries, soup kitchens, farms, and other community organizations committed to addressing food insecurity in mid coast Maine. By working together, the FSC seeks to identify ways to source food, fundraise, improve services, support the community, and increase volunteerism. If you have questions or want to join the Food Security Coalition’s email list, please email Eden.
Pantry Partners
Through the Pantry Partners initiative, MCHPP offers free access to food within our inventory to smaller food pantries across the region. Any member agency of the Food Security Coalition is welcome to access this service on behalf of their pantry guests.
This service allows us to help pantries that may lack the vehicles, staff, volunteers, vendor relationships, storage space, or other infrastructure needed to source an adequate amount of food for their programming. As a Pantry Partner, agencies have access to more, and higher quality, food by tapping into MCHPP’s sourcing network of retailers, farms, and donations. The service also helps MCHPP to reduce food waste and better meet our mission of providing people with access to healthy food by diverting excess inventory to other food pantries that would otherwise have gone unused by our programs.
Pantry Partners receive a weekly email list of available items to select from and are able to pick up product at MCHPP as frequently as once per week.
Questions? Contact Eden at emartin@mchpp.org or (207) 725-2716 x307 to learn more or become a Partner.
Alna | Alna Food Pantry – Serving Alna and surrounding communities
Bath | Bath Area Food Bank and Kitchen Table – Serving Bath, West Bath, Woolwich, Arrowsic, Georgetown, and Phippsburg
Bath | The Salvation Army Bath-Brunswick – Serving Arrowsic, Bailey Island, Bath, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Brunswick, Five Islands, Georgetown, Harpswell, Orrs Island, Pejepscot, Phippsburg, South Harpswell, Topsham, West Bath, West Point, and Woolwich
Bath | Neighborhood Cafe – Serving a free meal to anyone from the community
Belfast | Belfast Soup Kitchen – open to all
Boothbay | Boothbay Region Food Pantry – Serving Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Edecomb, and Southport
Bowdoin | Friends Helping Community Food Pantry – Serving Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, and Lisbon
Bowdoinham | Bowdoinham Food Pantry – Serving Bowdoinham and Bowdoin
Freeport | Freeport Community Services Food Pantry – Serving Freeport and Pownal
FSC Members
Jefferson | Jefferson Area Community Food Pantry – Serving Jefferson and Somerville
Lisbon | Lisbon Area Christian Outreach Food Pantry – Serving Bowdoin, Durham, and Lisbon
New Harbor | New Harbor Food Pantry – Serving New Harbor, Bristol, South Bristol, Round Pond, and Walpole
Newcastle | Newcastle Ecumenical Food Pantry – Serving Newcastle, Damariscotta, Nobleboro, and neighbors
Richmond | Richmond Area Food Pantry – Serving Richmond, Dresden, and Bowdoinham
Rockland | Area Interfaith Outreach Food Pantry – Serving Knox County
Waldoboro | Waldoboro Food Pantry – Serving Waldoboro, Bremen, and North Nobleboro
Westport Island | Westport Island Helping Hands – Serving Westport Island
Whitefield | Whitefield Food Pantry – Serving Whitefield and Alna
Wiscasset | Help Yourself Shelf Food Pantry – Open to all
Wiscasset | Wiscasset Nazarene Food Pantry – Open to all