Area residents still have time to help Aroostook County’s four hospitals in a region-wide effort to stock the shelves of local food pantries. The Hospitals Against Hunger Food Drive, which kicked off last week during National Hospital Week, continues through Thursday, May 21 with numerous drop-off locations throughout Aroostook where non-perishable food item donations will be accepted.
Houlton Regional Hospital, TAMC, Cary Medical Center and Northern Maine Medical Center officials have been working collaboratively to plan the food drive for several weeks. In central Aroostook, all TAMC, Cary Medical Center and Pines Health Services locations are donation drop-off sites. Many locations, in addition to all Northern Maine Medical Center facilities, are also community drop-off spots in the St. John Valley. In southern Aroostook, residents are invited to bring non-perishable food items to Houlton Regional Hospital.
For more information, including a comprehensive drop-off location list, log on to www.hospitalsagainsthunger.org.
