BANGOR, Maine — Penobscot Community Health Care announced recently that Bangor Federal Credit Union donated $2,000 to PCHC’s Hope House Health and Living Center to help fund hunger initiatives. The Hope House currently serves three meals per day for guests, serving 942 meals in the last week of June alone, and relies on donations from community organizations to assist with food costs. The donation will help fund the cost of meals and food provided to shelter guests and community members in need of a meal. Hope House also offers take home food to those experiencing food insecurity. These packages contain simple foods such as pasta, peanut butter, cereal, soups and canned meats and other canned goods. Hope House strives to assist people moving from shelter to independent living and those in the community struggling to provide food to their families.
Ann Giggey, director of Hope House Health and Living Center, said, “The $2,000 donation will enable our food service employees and volunteers the ability to prepare, serve and distribute approximately 600 meals in the shelter and offer 20 food packages to people in need.”
Hope House Health and Living Center partners with area businesses, community organizations, and individuals, to serve homeless guests residing at its shelter but more help is needed. To volunteer to provide a meal each month or to donate, call Giggey, Director of Hope House Health and Living Center, at 217-6713, ext. 1480.
Hope House provides emergency shelter to the most vulnerable in the city and is a community safety net in the Bangor area, managing overflow of homeless persons from other shelters. Hope House provides shelter to approximately 60 adult men and women each night.