Maine is on board with bread + butter

We are thrilled to announce the first of a number of new nonprofit partners in our New England expansion effort - the Good Shepherd Food Bank, serving hungry people throughout the entire state of Maine. We've been working to identify new partners so that we can help fill more bellies throughout the New England region. The Good Shepherd Food Bank was the first to accept our offer, and we receieved a signed partnership agreement in today's mail. We're especially happy to be helping in Maine, which is where my Mom spent her high school years. She lived in Caribou, which is the most Northeastern city in the US. Caribou is very cold in the winter and frequently makes headlines for its record-breaking snow falls and accumulation (197 inches during winter 2007/8) As a teenager, Mom worked as a car-hop at drive-in near Caribou's military base and took a few weeks off from school, along with every other kid in town, to pick potatoes each fall. Emma learned through her research this summer that Maine ranks among the top 10 states in hunger insecurity. So there is lots of work to be done there. And we have a lot more to learn about Maine. We'll share what we find on our blog in the coming weeks. We're excited about working with the good folks at Good Shepherd, and will have more to report on additional partners in other New England states later this month. Stay tuned...

-Tom

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