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Hannaford Cause Bag Program

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Anytime a shopper purchases our Hannaford Helps reusable bag,
a local Cause receives $1!

Anytime a shopper purchases our Fight Hunger reusable bag,
a local Hunger Relief Agency receives $.25!

Each month, a new nonprofit is chosen for each bag at every Hannaford location! 
AND, for every Cause bag reused just 1X, EIGHT single use bags are NOT used! 

Check out https://newhannaford.bags4mycause.com/ to see the amazing impact the sale of both the Hannaford Helps bags and the Fight Hunger bags are having on our communities and the environment!

Interested in submitting a nonprofit?
Find out more here.

Webhannet Charity Classic Invitation

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We are so grateful to the Webhannet Charity Foundation for holding the Classic Golf Tournament again this year and having Community Outreach Services Food For Thought Backpack Program to be one of the charities. We appreciate the work that you are contributing to our community. The tournament was held September 17th, at the Webhannet Golf Club, in Kennebunk.

We will post the amount of the donation when all donations and receipts have been tallied.

Farm to Fork Dinner A Huge Success

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Thank you to all of our sponsors who made this event such a success. It was a great night of food, company, music and incredible scenery, all for a good cause. We’re doing it again next year! See you there.



Presenting Sponsors

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Table Sponsors

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Chef’s Helper Sponsors

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Toroso full logo

 

 

 

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Bare Necessities Sponsor

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Cocktail Sponsors

 

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Hunger Stats

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Does Maine have a hunger problem?

Heart-wrenching hunger facts:

  1. According to the USDA, Maine ranks 18th in the nation and #1 in New England in terms of child food insecurity.
  2. Food insecurity has increased by 50% over the past decade.
  3. Over 25% of children in our local communities are eligible for free or reduced lunches and possibly go home hungry on weekends. In fact, as much as 35% of students in one of our own schools are eligible for free or reduced lunches.

How is hunger affecting our own community?

Here is some food for thought:

Can you imagine what hunger; true excessive hunger can do to an adult let alone a child? Not only are there the physical symptoms of hunger such as depression and difficulty sleeping, but also the behavioral and educational symptoms as well.

More importantly, can you imagine the greater healthy impact upon our children if not one child went home hungry or came to school hungry Monday morning? Think of the improvements in behavior, attention span, peer relationships and learning in school. Now, imagine the positive impact those children can also have in our communities.

What can we do about the problem of hunger in our community?

Answer: Community Outreach Services!

Our various programs are targeted to meeting the needs of people in any sort of challenging situation. Read more about each of them below.

 

Downeast Energy Golf Classic

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Despite cloudy, cool and damp conditions on the greens at the Brunswick Golf Club on Friday, June 5, the 24th Annual Downeast Energy Golf Classic became an amazing bright spot for all who participated. The successful day ended with the two non-profit organizations (Riverview Kids Who Care and the Community Outreach Services [COS of the Kennebunks]) both receiving a check for $10,000.

Mark Jago, the new Executive Director of COS said, “I am deeply moved by the gift amount and generosity of Downeast Energy and their employees. Thank you!” COS provides help to those in Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel who find themselves in a fuel, food or specific needs crisis. For more information about COS, you can visit their website at www.coskennebunks.org.

Left to right in the picture is Dar Cook, COS Board member; Chris Cornish, Downeast Energy; Rob Wilkes, Downeast Energy; Greg Morrill GM-Kennebunk Downeast Energy; Marie Wilson, Downeast Energy; and Mark Jago, Executive Director COS.