October Food Security resources
Jane Lunt of the Boothbay Region Food Pantry works to display the free food display at an April 2021 event. File photo
Jane Lunt of the Boothbay Region Food Pantry works to display the free food display at an April 2021 event. File photo
Area food pantries locations, contact information and hours:
Alna: 1574 Alna Road, 586-5313. Second and fourth Wednesdays, 3 to 5 p.m.
Boothbay Harbor: 125 Townsend Ave., 350-2962. Fridays 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Jefferson: 72 Gardiner Road, 315-1134. Second and fourth Wednesdays, 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Newcastle: 51 Main St., 563-1311. Tuesdays, 9 to 11 a.m.
New Harbor: 6 S. Side Road, 529-2501. Saturdays, 9 to 10 a.m.
Waldoboro (also serves Bremen and Nobleboro): 124 Friendship Road, 520-5100. First and third Tuesdays, noon to 3 p.m.
Whitefield: 150 Grand Army Road, 549-7014. Call or Saturdays 10 a.m. to noon
Wiscasset: 12 Hodge St., 882-7184. Thursdays 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
“Help Yourself” Share Tables
Free vegetables from local farms, dry goods. Tables are restocked Wednesdays or Thursdays
Boothbay region: Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library, 4 Oak Street; Lincoln Medical Partners Family Care Center, 6 St. Andrews Lane
Bristol: New Harbor Fire Station, 2561 Bristol Road; Bristol Mills Fire Station, 1206 Bristol Road; Bristol Area Library, 619 Old County Road
Damariscotta: LincolnHealth Watson Center at Miles Memorial Hospital, first floor; CLC YMCA, 525 Main St.; Younguns, 593 Main St.; Skidompha Library, 184 Main St.
Newcastle: Faith Baptist Church, 144 Mills Road; Headstart, 5 Sheepscot Road
Waldoboro: Lincoln Medical Partners Family Medicine, 592 West Main St.
Wiscasset: Morris Farm, 156 Gardiner Road
Other information
Morris Farm Trust is holding an October food drive. Donate non-perishable goods or fund at the Farm Store, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., or Saturday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call 882-4080 for more information.
CLC YMCA is holding a Trunk or Treat event, sponsored by the Damariscotta Police Department, Great Salt Bay Elementary School and the CLC YMCA, on Monday, Oct. 31 from 4 to 6 p.m. To request trunk space, contact Karen-Ann Hagar-Smith at khagar@clcymca.org
Above information provided by Jessica Breithaupt, Food Security Community Connector for Healthy Lincoln County. Food security hotline: (207) 350-0536. If organizations are interested in being a site that collects donations, please reach out to Breithaupt at breithaupt@healthylincolncounty.org
