November Food Security resources

Wed, 11/02/2022 - 10:45am

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.

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. Thanksgiving bag distribution, Nov. 17

Do you need help finding food resources? Call or text the Lincoln County food hotline: 207-350-0536.

“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; Community Fridge, Boothbay (located behind town office), open 24/7.

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

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