Westside Food Pantry
For 36 Years
Sharing is Our Story
Serving the towns of Southwest Harbor, Tremont, and Mt. Desert,
Maine
2026: Staying the Course...
It's about "addressing food security"--it always has been and remains so today. The Westside Food Pantry began 36 years ago as a local response to a seasonal economic reality: many of our neighbors worked fewer hours during the winter months, and with less income, often they were required to make the hard choice--"to eat or to heat." Helping our neighbors with food securituy is the Pantry's way of reducing the need to make such a choice, and it is our ongoing work.
...and Navigating Change!
Anyone who lives here, or visits regularly the west side of MDI, knows the truth of "change." Look around and see the obvious change! Main Street Businesses come and go. Neighbors and neighborhoods change and age! See west side school enrollments decline. Look more closely and discover that we have withstood recessions, seen our island's climate change, withnessed employers seeking different skills from workers, and today we continue to be threatened and challenged by a worldwide pandemic. For the Westside Food Pantry, both change and "food security" enevitably go hand-in-hand. How to address"food security" while conditions are changing is always our challenge. With the support of our faithful donors, we intend to continue our caring work in 2022 and beyond.
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