Northern Penobscot Food Pantries

“The Facts Behind Senior Hunger”   This is a must read article by Aging in Place, the National Council for Aging Care.

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS

Noontime meals are served to persons 60 and older in Penobscot, Piscataquis, Hancock and Washington counties, either through Meals on Wheels, in an EAAA Community Café or 3D Catering. Anyone that is 18 and older with a disability or caregiver also qualifies for these services. Please make sure you call your local Community Café for reservations. At this time meals are $4.
EAAA Nutrition Services /Menus

EAAA Community Cafe’s Brochure

3D Catering has menu options for your specific dietary needs! Check out the options we have available

3D Catering Dietary Needs Examples (1)

3D Catering Dietary Needs Examples (2)

Food Insecurity Quiz

EAAA and USDA have a FREE Commodity Supplemental Food Program to help seniors stock their shelves.

Free Groceries for Seniors over 60

Application for USDA Commodity Supplemental Food Program

Millinocket

Community Café – Monday – Friday at Stearns Senior Center – 723-2045
Meals on Wheels and 3D Catering call 941-2865 for more information and delivery times.

Lincoln

Community Café – Tuesday and Thursdays at Lakeview Senior Living Apartments – 403-7300
For more information on Meals on Wheels call 941-2865.

Patten

Community Café – Last Monday of the month at the Congregational Church in Patten – 551-6254
Call 941-2865 for information on Meals on Wheels for the Patten area.

SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)

Helps income-qualifying individuals and families afford nutritious food.
Apply: Go to www.maine.gov/benefits/account download your application and return to your local Department of Health and Human Services.
DHHS
396 Griffin Road
Bangor, ME 04401
(207)624-8090

WIC

Woman, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program (WIC) is a supplemental nutrition program that provides healthy foods for pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and infants and children up to 5 years of age.
Visit their website for more information: www.bangorpublichealth.org or
call 992-4570 or 1-800-470-3769 for schedule and contact information.
Outreach Clinics are held 2 to 3x a month in Millinocket and up to 6x a month in Lincoln.
In Millinocket the WIC clinic is held at I Care Ministries and in Lincoln clinics are held at the Penquis Building on Main Street.

FREE Summer Lunch for Kids

All children 18 years and younger are welcome and no application is needed. Lunches are served Monday – Friday and must be eaten on site.
Millinocket – Town Pool
East Millinocket – Town Pool
Medway – Medway Beach
For more information on these 3 sites call the East Millinocket Recreation Department at 746-3553
Lincoln – Prince Thomas Park, Lincoln Library and the third site is TBD. For more information call the Lincoln School Nutrition office at 794-6500 ext. 4

Farmers’ Markets

Lincoln
Veterans Square
75 Main Street
Lincoln, Me 04457
Open: Fridays June – September 9am – 1 pm

COMMUNITY MEALS

Millinocket

• Millinocket American Legion Auxiliary has suppers from 4-6 pm the second and fourth Thursday of
  the month. Deliveries are done with a phone call to 723-8808. Current cost is $8.
• Northern Timber Cruisers Clubhouse has suppers from 4-6 pm the first and third Thursday of the
  month. For takeout orders call 723-6203. Current cost is $8.

East Millinocket

• East Millinocket Recreation Department offers a Senior Citizen Luncheon once a month from September through May. Recommended $3 donation is suggested. The luncheons are held on a Monday but dates vary. Call 746-3553 for more information.

Medway

• East Branch SnoRovers Clubhouse offers a Dinner and Country Music Jam every Tuesday during the Fall through Spring months. Dinner is served 4-8 pm. Items are priced individually. Call 746-9348 for more information.

Lincoln

• First United Methodist Church every Wednesday holds a FREE Community Supper from 4:30-5:30 pm.
• Lincoln Center Baptist Church serves a FREE Community Meal the 3rd Thursday of the month from 4:00-6:00 pm.
• Men’s Breakfast at the Maranatha Riverside Church every Saturday at 8 am.
• First Congregational Church of Lincoln holds a monthly bean supper the first Saturday of the month
  (except for July and December) from 4:30 – 6 pm. Recommended $6 donation is suggested.
• First Congregational Church of Lincoln has a Men’s breakfast the first and third Wednesday of the month. A $5 donation is suggested.
• Men’s Club Supper is the second Thursday of the month at the First Congregational Church of Lincoln. $7 suggested donation.

Springfield

• Helping Hands Kitchen at Springfield Community Chapel offers a FREE meal on the 2nd and 4th
  Monday of the month at 5:30 pm.

Mattawamkeag

• Mattawamkeag Baptist Church has a FREE Community Meal the 1st Saturday of the month.
• Church of God has various community meals throughout the year.