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Don’t Wait, Hydrate!

Water comprises 60 percent of your body weight and plays a vital role in the function of your body. Water regulates body temperature, moves nutrients throughout your body, protects your organs, lubricates your joints and removes waste through urine.

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Pint containers being filled with harvested strawberries at Six River Farm, Bowdoin, Maine.
Mainers Feeding Mainers

Berry Fruit Farm Turns Roughly 133,000 Apples into Applesauce

When an unexpected delivery of 44,000 pounds of apples (that accounts for roughly 133,000 apples!) arrived at Good Shepherd Food...

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Congratulations to our Outstanding School Partners

As the 2015-2016 school year comes to a close, Good Shepherd Food Bank’s Child Hunger Team is extending a sincere...

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Good Shepherd Food Bank and Full Plates Full Potential Award Grants to Expand Summer Food Service Program

Good Shepherd Food Bank, the state’s largest hunger relief organization, and Full Plates Full Potential, a statewide coalition working to...

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

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Good Shepherd Food Bank Earns Coveted 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator

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In honor of National Nutrition Month, tips and recipes to up your fruit and veggie game

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School Pantry Program Expands Thanks to Kellogg’s

Good Shepherd Food Bank Announces Purchase of Warehouse Facility in Hampden inset
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Good Shepherd Food Bank Announces Purchase of Warehouse Facility in Hampden

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Good Shepherd Food Bank Receives $20,000 Gift from Local Roofing Contractor

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Good Shepherd Food Bank Receives two Walmart Foundation Grants to Build Retail Infrastructure and Food Safety Capacity

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Food Bank Helps Feed More Mainers in Need Thanks to $24,000 Grant from BJ’s Charitable Foundation

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USDA Food Security Data Release Shows Maine’s Hunger Problem Continues to Grow

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GOOD SHEPHERD FOOD BANK AND FEEDING AMERICA NETWORK RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT HUNGER THROUGHOUT HUNGER ACTION MONTH

Good Shepherd Food Bank Named One of the Best Places to Work in Maine inset
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Good Shepherd Food Bank Named One of the Best Places to Work in Maine

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Food Bank President Named to Mainebiz’s “Women to Watch” List