Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine

Good Shepherd Food-Bank is Maine’s largest hunger relief organization and is responsible for the procurement and distribution of millions of pounds of food annually. We work with over 500 partner agencies throughout the state to distribute foods to local communities.

The mission of Good Shepherd Food Bank is to eliminate hunger in Maine by sourcing and distributing nutritious food to people in need, building strong community partnerships, and mobilizing the public in the fight to end hunger.

Volunteers at the Auburn Distribution Center mainly assist our team with inspecting and sorting salvage food items from our retail partners like Hannaford Bros. Co.  They are also essential in helping us sort and pack produce, bread or refrigerated/frozen items. 

Most of the produce that our volunteers sort and pack comes to us from our Mainers Feeding Mainers program.  Through this program, the Food Bank works with over 80 farmers throughout the state to provide our partner agencies with local, nutritious produce.