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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.)
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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
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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
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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.

COVID-19 Resources

3/14/2020

 
We are closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation and following the recommendations of health experts at local, state and federal levels on the best course of action. We are making some changes to how we operate, and will post updates as needed.
For general information about COVID-19 (also called Coronavirus), Mainers can call 211Maine or go online to get answers to common questions and speak to trained operators. Information can also be found >> on the Maine CDC site.

Scarborough residents can also visit Project GRACE, the Town of Scarborough, and ScarboroughHelps websites for resources, updated advisories and information.
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Supplemental Food Boxes for Seniors

1/24/2019

 
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The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), otherwise known as the Senior Food Box Program, distributes food boxes to improve the health of seniors with low income. Boxes contain supplemental foods such as nonfat dry milk  and/or UHT milk, cheese, cereal, juice, peanut butter, rice, pasta, canned meat, fruits and vegetables. The boxes are available to eligible seniors once a month. Click to open a PDF list of what's in the box.
Application Forms are available at the pantry, or download the form and send it to Project GRACE at PO Box 6846, Scarborough, ME 04070 or to Wayside Foods at P.O. Box 1278, Portland, ME 04104.
To qualify you must:
  • Be 60 years of age or older
  • Live in Cumberland, Oxford or York County (contact Wayside for referrals for other counties).
  • Meet income eligibility requirements  
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Volunteers make it work - thank you!

Packing the boxes, transporting the boxes, stacking the boxes, and delivering the boxes: many hands make this project work! Plus there are the volunteers who make the calls, copy the forms and mail the forms, and send the reminder cards. For all we are grateful!
Landry/French Construction, Scarborough Police VIPS and Explorers, Project GRACE, Wayside Foods, and Scarborough Food Pantry Volunteers.
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Free Community Thanksgiving Dinner

11/2/2018

 

www.thanksgivingscarborough.org

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Turkeys!

11/2/2018

 
Thank you, Scarborough Kiwanis -- we are very grateful for the dozens of turkeys provided to make the holidays more festive for our patrons. Proceeds from Kiwanis' annual FIshing Derby held in the Spring fund this effort. The money raised was stretched even further, thanks to help from the school nutrition program which bought the turkeys at a discount. Thank you!

Kiwanis Donates Turkeys

11/2/2018

 
Thank you, Scarborough Kiwanis -- we are very grateful for the dozens of turkeys provided to make the holidays more festive for our patrons. Proceeds from Kiwanis' annual FIshing Derby held in the Spring fund this effort. The money raised was stretched even further, thanks to help from the school nutrition program which bought the turkeys at a discount. This collaboration came about thanks to a conversation sparked at the Food for Thought & Action Forum this past September.
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