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Like this little girl, hundreds of children and
families will be in soup lines and visiting local
pantries for the Holiday season. Without your help and
Good Shepherd Food-Bank, there may be no happy Holidays
for them. Thousands of meals have already been provided,
through our virtual food drive. But much more is
needed.
We are close to reaching our goal to distribute
more than $50,000 in food to our agencies during the
Holiday Season!
Your gift will be doubled by a
generous
matching donor! until December
31
Please consider
making a gift to help meet this need.
Every donation
counts!
Click here to add
your gift >
A special thank you
to all who have
already given to this
worthwhile effort!
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Paying it forward: Bringing hope and
smiles 
During this year's busy holiday season, an
employee of Good Shepherd Food-Bank was scurrying around
trying to find the perfect Christmas Tree and came upon
a family-run tree sale in his local Southern Maine
community.
As he was choosing his own treasure,
small talk was made with the local businessman. The man
selling trees explained how his family had fallen on
tough times as never before. During the conversation he
said "if it wasn't for a volunteer opportunity that
helps us bring food home for our family each week, my
wife and I don't know what we would do". When asked
which agency he has been volunteering with, the man
gently answered, "Good Shepherd Food-Bank in Auburn. My
wife and I have been volunteering there for several
months".
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Collecting Food to Feed the
Hungry?
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Save
money at your favorite online stores *AND* raise
funds
for Good Shepherd Food-Bank at the same
time!
- Holiday Shopping
- Business Purchases
- Office Supplies and
Travel
Help provide additional
funds to help hungry people in Maine.
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Holiday Food
Drive
Paying it Forward
Supporting Local
Community Pantries
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A
Message
From the Director
We at
GSFB, find celebrating the birth of Christ both humbling and
exciting. We believe that into our midst came the source of
life and great hope in the person of Jesus Christ. It is with
that same exhilarating life and hope everlasting that we,
together with thousands of volunteers in nearly every
community in Maine, strive to meet the cruel challenges of
hunger amongst our neighbors. Your support has been, and
continues to be, absolutely wonderful, and results in about
1.5 million meals provided each month.
Along with all
the recipients of this life saving food, we extend our
heartiest thanks. May you enjoy your holiday celebrations and
may your New Year be filled with health and
prosperity.
God Bless You All,
Rick
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