Giving Tuesday is the first Tuesday following Thanksgiving. Giving Tuesday takes advantage of social media, word of mouth, and the generosity of people just like you to accomplish lasting change in your community. To read more about the national organization behind the event, click here.

We hope this day encourages the donation of your time, resources and talents to meet local needs right here in the Kennebunks. At this time of the year, many are busy with their Holiday plans, travels and shopping – but what opportunities for giving to charity have you considered?

Our Programs Help With:

Food Pantry

This program provides boxes of assorted non-perishable foods to families in Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, and Arundel. The Produce Pantry provides perishable foods and baked goods that have been donated by stores, farms, and community gardens in the area. Read more

Fuel Assistance

The Fuel Assistance Program provides heating fuel on an emergency basis in response to requests made through the General Assistance offices. We deliver up to 100 gallons of emergency fuel oil to get those “in the cold” the necessary fuel to stay warm. Read more

Specific Needs

This program is targeted towards children and the elderly, and provides assistance with eye exams and glasses, summer camp scholarships, clothing, medical attention, car repairs, rent, utility bill payments, etc. Read more

It’s always a sad time when we say goodbye to summer. This summer has been a huge harvest for the Kennebunk Community Garden. While there are still a few produce items like carrots left to come in, overall, the yield has brought in over 5,000 pounds of fresh produce right from their garden plots in West Kennebunk to the COS Produce Pantry held every Friday at St. Martha’s Church in Kennebunk. The largest amount of garden produce brought in one Friday so far has been 718 lbs! We are grateful to Mary Liz and Michelle, co-chairs for Maine Harvest for Hunger Committee and contact point persons for the KCG. Mary Liz is also a COS Board member and was a major player for bringing the partnership between Kennebunk Community Garden and COS. 

The many neighbors that come every Friday are so thankful and appreciative for especially the fresh produce they get to take home that normally they could not afford at the supermarket. With the 2o or so volunteers that set up the Produce Pantry each Friday, we are so thankful for how COS is able to extend a helping hand to our neighbors with food insecurities.

This summer has been a boon crop and we thank all the gardeners like Gus who tend to the gardens so that we can have such bounty to give away to our neighbors at our Produce Pantry. Thank you so much Kennebunk Community Garden! This Winter, we are going to miss our friends from the Garden. But we are getting one-day closer each day to summer when we’ll see our friends again.

A Family-Friendly 5K in Beautiful Kennebunk, Maine

A Successful Event

BENEFITTED: Food 4 Thought Backpack Program

This was a flat race, perfect for people wanting to run their very first 5k,
or great for advanced runners looking to get a PR. Look for it next year if you missed it this time around.

                                                     COS thanks Doug and his Staff for choosing COS’s Food for Thought Backpack Program to be the beneficiaries of the proceeds of this annual race.

Was held at: Spurling Fitness, 1 Alewive Park Road, Kennebunk, Maine

check out their website
spurlingcharity5k.com