The 12th annual Maine Credit Unions’ Ending Hunger Walking Tour recently made stops in nine Aroostook County communities.
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 12 years. Despite wet snow on some parts of the route, Davis and the Tour continued undaunted. “Hunger doesn’t stop for bad weather; the Tour won’t either,” Davis stated.
The purpose of the event is to raise awareness and distribute some of the statewide funds raised by the Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger. The Campaign for Ending Hunger has raised more than $4.8 million since 1990.
In Aroostook County, checks were presented to a food pantry at each stop. Each check purchases approximately $1,500 in food through the Good Shepherd Food Bank.
Food pantries receiving a contribution include Goodwill Pantry in Caribou and Friends Helping Friends in Fort Fairfield.
