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Smithfield Foods’ Helping Hungry Homes® Partners With Shaw’s to Donate More Than 35,000 Pounds of Protein to Good Shepherd Food Bank

Smithfield food and Shaw's trucks deliver at the Auburn warehouse.
BJ's presents GSFB with a donation check of $100,000.

BJ’s Wholesale Club Announces $100,000 Grant to Good Shepherd Food Bank

Vegetable leaves sprouting from the ground.

Grow your own vegetables

A donor shows her trunk full of totes of food.

Kathy’s Story

Good Shepherd Food Bank Partners With Bangor & Brewer Nonprofits to Sponsor Six Summer Meals Sites

2017 School Partner Awards

“Lobster at the soup kitchen tonight!” inset

“Lobster at the soup kitchen tonight!”

Maine Seniors are Going Hungry inset

Maine Seniors are Going Hungry

Collaborating to Address Senior Hunger in Maine inset

Collaborating to Address Senior Hunger in Maine

A neighbor selects fresh produce at a partner agency.

Good Shepherd Food Bank Releases Report on Senior Hunger in Maine to Raise Awareness During Older Americans Month

May is Older Americans Month and Good Shepherd Food Bank is taking the opportunity to highlight the growing problem of...

PANERA BREAD® Donates $25,000 to Good Shepherd Food Bank

PR Management Corporation, a franchisee of Panera bread, presented $25,000 to Good Shepherd Food Bank as part of its Feeding...

Maine Egg Farmers Donate More Than 100,000 Eggs Just In Time For Easter

Hillandale Farm is helping in the fight against hunger by donating 9,000 dozen eggs to Good Shepherd Food Bank on...

Cooking Matters: When Food Is Medicine

On a Tuesday night in November, the café at Maine Medical Center transformed. A radio, interrupted occasionally by the sound...

Our March Newsletter

In this issue of Helping Hands, we’re sharing stories of people who are going through a hard time in their...

Tough choices: Heat your home or feed your family?

Mainers are known for their hardiness. Whether working in the woods or out on the fishing boat, they live the...

Comprehensive Study of Hunger in Maine Reveals Persistent and Widespread Suffering

As the Maine State Legislature begins considering budget proposals and bills aimed at further restricting the state’s safety net, a...