CARIBOU, Maine — Collection boxes inside 19 Aroostook County churches, as well as St. Mary of Lourdes Church in Lincoln, are filling up with new and gently used shoes generously donated by parishioners and community members.
Catholic Charities Maine hopes the “sole” searching will continue through Sunday, Jan. 15, because the effort will help feed Maine’s hungry.
The shoes collected will be sold to distributors working with countries where people are in need. All of the proceeds from the sale will go to the Catholic Charities Maine Food Bank. Every community in Aroostook County is serviced by the food bank, which distributes a variety of vital necessities, from cereal and pasta to vegetables and fruit, to 25 local food pantries.
More than 20,000 Aroostook County residents received food from the food bank last year.
Shoes can be donated at the following churches through Jan. 15:
Ashland: St. Mark Church, 13 Allen Farm Rd.
Caribou: Holy Rosary Church, 34 Vaughn St., and Sacred Heart Church, 1143 Van Buren Rd.
Fort Fairfield: St. Denis Church, 143 Main St.
Frenchville: St. Luce Church, 441 US Rt. 1.
Grand Isle: St. Gerard-Mt. Carmel Church, 363 Main St.
Hamlin: St. Joseph Church, Rt. 1A.
Houlton: St. Mary of the Visitation Church, 112 Military St.
Limestone: St. Louis Church, 100 Main St.
Lincoln: St. Mary of Lourdes Church, 142 Main St. (Rt. 2).
Madawaska: St. David Church, 774 Main St., and St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 337 St. Thomas St.
Mars Hill: St. Joseph Church, 17 Main St.
Portage: Our Lady of the Lake Church, Rt. 11.
Presque Isle: Nativity of the Blessed Mary Church, 331 Main St.
St. Agatha: St. Agatha Church, 379 Main St.
Sinclair: St. Joseph Church, 413 Shore Rd.
Stockholm: St. Theresa Church, 239 Main St.
Van Buren: St. Bruno-St. Remi Church, 174 Main St.
Washburn: St. Catherine Church, 13 McManus St.
For more information, contact Michael Smith, Director of Mission for Catholic Charities Maine, at (207) 523-2772 or at msmith@ccmaine.org.
