October Food Security resources
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