In August and September, the Special Offering goes to support the United Church of Christ National Disaster Relief Ministries. The Disaster Response Team (DRT) for Maine manages responses from and for Maine churches after disasters. After Hurricane Katrina, the DRT organized relief kit drives and adult mission trips to New Orleans. In addition there were relief kit drives for churches and individuals in Maine after flooding and other storm events. The DRT is ALSO creating mission opportunities in Northern and Eastern Maine.

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The Food Pantry business is BOOMING. The good news is that we are able to help many families. The bad news is that there are many people who need help, and new people come to us every week. We serve an average of seven families every time we’re open and we are open three times a week – Tuesday and Friday from 10:00 AM – 12 noon and Wednesday from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
We have a wonderful group of volunteers who greet our customers and keep the shelves stocked. And there are another group of dedicated volunteers who have been washing and bagging all the fantastic produce we receive from Yarmouth’s Community Garden.

If you would like to volunteer for the pantry, please contact Serena Mercer (serenabliss@hotmail.com or 846-9039) or Sue Rowe (sprucie@gwi.net or 449–1131)

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The Food Pantry Library is looking for gently used or new books for children. There is a particular need currently for books for elementary school age children.