SCARBOROUGH FOOD PANTRY

Food Drive @ Audubon Nature Center

4/8/2022

Pantry Surplus Feeds School Kids

3/10/2022

It's oh so sweet when friends help each other! The Scarborough Food Pantry had too much peanut butter this week, plus extra soup and mac'n'cheese. Project GRACE took dozens of boxes, jars and cans to school nutrition's 'backpacks' program feeding families every week. Plus, thanks to a gift from Saco Biddeford Savings, Project GRACE added 80+ squeezable grape & strawberry jelly & jams. Sweet!

Household Cleaning Supplies Needed

3/3/2022

Project GRACE has received a gift from a family to provide household and grocery extras to the food pantry. Project GRACE is organizing a community drive to collect needed soaps, cleansers, and paper goods. Can you help? Let us know!

Neutral or lightly scented cleaners are preferred.

Items needed include:

Liquid laundry detergent / 35-40 oz
Liquid dish detergent / 8-10 oz
Liquid hand soap or bar soap
Toilet paper / 4-pack or 2 wrapped rolls
Paper towels / 1 or 2 roll packs
Sponges/scrubbies
All-purpose cleaner / 32 oz.

Drop off dates and locations (SOON!)

Lions Club Food Drive

2/1/2022

Please help feed your neighbors. Bring canned soups, hearty stews and chowders, and canned proteins (tuna, ham, chicken, etc.) to the Lions Club at 273 Gorham Road on Saturday, February 26th & Sunday, February 27th 12 Noon - 3:00 p.m.

You can also bring grocery gift cards to help the pantry get essentials. Thank you!

Thanksgiving "Fixings" Food Drive in November

10/16/2021

Click here for more info!

Project GRACE helps Pantry with "Cinco de Mayo" Taco Dinner Kits

5/5/2021

During the month of May, the Scarborough Food Pantry is giving taco dinner kits, and Project GRACE is contributing fresh limes, onions, and sweet peppers. If you'd like to help us build a kit, follow this link to our SignUpGenius. You can bring your donation to the pantry on any Tuesday afternoon (1-4) or email our friends at Project GRACE at pgme@projectgracemaine.org if that timing isn't convenient. Don't want to shop? You can also donate to sponsor a meal kit.

What's in a kit? Taco shells, MILD seasoning and sauce, rice, shredded cheese, beans, onion, lime, sweet bell pepper, and ground beef. (PLEASE DO NOT DONATE MEAT, instead give a gift card or the other items.)

Shredding Event Benefits Pantry

3/5/2021

The Lions and Saco Biddeford Savings are hosting a shredding event on Saturday, April 10th - proceeds benefit the pantry. MORE INFO

Thanksgiving Food Drive

10/21/2020

We've got the turkeys (thank you, Scarborough Kiwanis!), but we need the ingredients for traditional fixings and sides. (Cranberry sauce, stuffing, the fixings for green bean casserole, etc. Project GRACE is hosting a food drive for us! >>MORE

Local Hannaford Helps the Pantry

10/16/2020

Check out the new "Hannaford Helps" holiday giving program. Customers of the Scarborough Hannaford store can purchase special $5 or $10 gift cards, instead of the familiar food boxes, and these cards will be donated to the Scarborough Food Pantry. >>MORE

The Pantry is Open!

3/15/2020

Coronavirus / COVID-19 Update 3/15/2020

We are carefully monitoring the COVID-19 situation and following the recommendations of experts at local, state and federal levels on the best course of action.

For the health of our visitors and volunteers, we are making temporary changes to how we operate:

All visitors will be asked to remain in the parking lot.
Only volunteers will be allowed in the pantry until further notice.
Food will be delivered curbside in grocery bags that have already been packed and prepared. Unfortunately, there will be no option to choose specific items.
New visitors will be asked to provide the minimum information needed; a more complete intake may be done by phone or at a later date as needed.

At present we have plenty of food, but as always we do rely on donations to keep our cupboards full. The best way you can help us is to make a monetary donation so we can get the specific items we need. If you do have nonperishable food to donate, before you stop by, please let us know and make an appointment in advance. Donors must also remain outside the pantry for the present time.

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