CARIBOU — From Nov. 1-3, the 10th annual Maine Credit Unions’ Ending Hunger Walking Tour traveled throughout Aroostook County making stops in eight different communities to make contributions to local food pantries. Brenda Davis, one of the state’s leading ending hunger advocates, has been partnering with Maine’s credit unions to coordinate the Ending Hunger Walking Tour for the past 10 years.
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Brenda Davis accepts a check to support ending hunger, as part of her Caribou stop during the statewide Maine Credit Union’s Ending Hunger Walking Tour. Presenting Davis with the check is Ken Hensler, president/CEO of The County FCU. During the stop, the Bread of Life Soup Kitchen in Caribou, also received a contribution.
In Aroostook County, the Tour stopped in Caribou, Fort Fairfield, Fort Kent, Houlton, Madawaska, Presque Isle, St. Agatha and Van Buren. A food pantry in each community received a check for $110 (commemorative of this being the Tour’s 10th year), which can purchase more than $1,500 in food through the Good Shepherd Food Bank.
Food pantries receiving a contribution included the Bread of Life Soup Kitchen in Caribou; Friends Helping Friends in Fort Fairfield; Greater Fort Kent Ecumenical Food Pantry in Fort Kent; Hope and Justice Project in Houlton; St. Thomas Aquinas/St. David Food Pantry in Madawaska; M&M Ministries Parson’s Food Pantry in Presque Isle; St. Joseph Food Pantry in Sinclair; and St. Peter-Chanel Food Pantry in Van Buren.
This year’s Tour will be visiting the most communities, and covering the most miles in its history. The Walk is expected to encompass a record of more than 1,525 miles, with approximately 725 of that on foot and visit a record-setting 75 communities from Kittery to Madawaska. The Tour will visit every Maine county for the sixth consecutive year and at each of the 84 credit union branches Davis visits, she will pick up a contribution from the campaign as a way to support her cause.
The Maine campaign will contribute nearly $30,000 to help end hunger through the Tour, part of the larger initiative by credit unions to end hunger in Maine which has, to date, raised and distributed more than $3.9 million.
The Walk will conclude with a ceremony at Maine Savings FCU in Hampden Nov. 30.
