Annual Thanksgiving Meal

Wayside Food Programs will be partnering with the United Way of Greater Portland and Black Tie Catering to host its annual free Thanksgiving Day dinner at the Portland Club on Thursday, Nov. More about Annual Thanksgiving Meal

SNAP-Ed’s tasty education lessons

Attendees at recent Wayside meals have been treated to cooking demonstrations and healthy recipe sharing thanks to the efforts of SNAP-Ed’s Garrick Brown and Emma Veilleux. More about SNAP-Ed’s tasty education lessons

New program focused on nutrition for patients

An innovative program has been launched to distribute unused medical nutrition formula to patients in need. More about New program focused on nutrition for patients

The many contributions of Florence Welsh

From the early days of Wayside in 1986, Florence worked tirelessly to help feed Portland’s hungry. During her volunteer work, she touched the lives of many and is fondly remembered for her dedication and compassion. More about The many contributions of Florence Welsh

Farewell to old friends

Wayside is pleased to acknowledge the work over the years of volunteers from First Congregational Church of Gray. First working at the former soup kitchen and then at Community Meals at Hope.Gate.Way, these volunteers set the standard for giving back to their community. More about Farewell to old friends

Lessons learned: An aspiring dietician gets an in-depth look at Wayside

This fall Wayside was lucky to have the services of dietician in-training Denise Goode. During her internship, Denise spent many hours working with volunteers and learning about Wayside's work. She shares what she took away from the experience. More about Lessons learned: An aspiring dietician gets an in-depth look at Wayside

Hunters for the Hungry Program puts food on local tables

Jason T. Hall is at the helm of an innovative state program that allows hunters to contribute game to anti-hunger programs. As the director of Maine's Emergency Food Assistance Program, Commodities Supplemental Food Program, and Hunters for the Hungry, Hall has a lot of experience fighting food insecurity.

We recently spoke with Jason about the Hunters for the Hungry Program. More about Hunters for the Hungry Program puts food on local tables

A Wayside Thanksgiving

Once again, Wayside teamed up with the United Way to host a Thanksgiving dinner at the Portland Club. More about A Wayside Thanksgiving

Streamlining mobile food pantries

Sometimes the simplest ideas make a big difference. Thanks to Matt Maloney’s suggestion distribution has become much more efficient at two of Wayside’s mobile food pantry drop-off sites. More about Streamlining mobile food pantries

Building our garden

Generous grant awards from the Cumberland County Master Gardener Association, and W.R. More about Building our garden

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