Hancock County Food Drive
The Hancock County Food Drive, which runs April 1-30, is an annual month-long food collection and fundraising project that supports food pantries, free meal programs, and school backpack programs across Hancock County. Every spring, organizations a part of the Hancock County Food Security Network work together to raise funds and collect food providing critical assistance to Mainers at a time of year when food insecurity rates are at their highest. More than one in ten Maine households goes without suitably nutritious food making Maine the most food insecure state in New England. Childhood food insecurity rates in our region are even higher: more than one in six children in Hancock County live in food-insecure households. By building resources for food assistance programs, the Food Drive helps ensure that everyone in our community has access to nutritious, affordable food.
The Hancock County Food Drive is organized by the Hancock County Food Security Network, Healthy Acadia, and Heart of Maine United Way, with generous support from Maine Community Foundation, Star 97.7, and Cooperative Extension. Learn more at https://www.hcfooddrive.org.
The Food Drive supports these Hancock County food security programs:
All food drive donations are evenly distributed among the 17 participating food assistance programs in Hancock County - 100% of your donation goes toward feeding people in our community!
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Thank you to all who made the 14th Annual Hancock County Food Drive a success! Stay tuned for the full report coming in early summer 2025.
If your business or organization is interested in collecting food or becoming a Hancock County Food Drive sponsor in 2026, please contact Eleanor Jones at (207) 667-7171 or eleanor.jones@healthyacadia.org or visit www.hcfooddrive.org.
Continue the fight against hunger by making a donation to a food security organization in your community. Click here to find a food pantry or meal program near you. Help bring local produce to these organizations by volunteering with the Gleaning Initiative, which collects surplus fruits and vegetables from farms and redistributes the fresh produce to food assistance programs.
Food security organizations need your support throughout the year
Financial donations go further to feed our hungry neighbors. According to Good Shepherd Food Bank, every $10 you give can help to provide 30 meals for our neighbors facing hunger, since pantries can often buy food items at wholesale cost.
To support the Hancock County Food Drive at any point throughout the year, please send your check or money order donation to attn: Hancock County Food Drive, United Way of Eastern Maine, 700 Main Street, Suite 1, Bangor, ME 04401. Please make your check payable to United Way of Eastern Maine, and write "Hancock County Food Drive" in the memo line.
Learn more by visiting the project’s Facebook page (@hcfooddrive), or by contacting Eleanor Jones, Healthy Acadia’s Hancock County Food Programs Manager, at eleanor.jones@healthyacadia.org, or (207) 667-7171.
More ways you can help
Food pantries need nutritious, non-perishable foods such as:
Please be sure to check expiration dates on any items you plan to donate.
Volunteer
Contact a food security organization serving your community to find out how you can help.