With the holiday season upon us, the Campaign for Ending Hunger Holiday Meals for Mainers initiative is officially underway for 2024. This effort encourages people to provide the gift of a holiday meal to someone in need during this season of giving through a $5 donation (or more). Raising critical funds for those struggling with the harsh realities of food insecurity also offers the opportunity to simultaneously generate awareness about hunger and the difficulties many individuals and families face due to limited resources.
To make the 2024 holiday season brighter for those struggling to put meals on their tables, we are once again coordinating this timely effort. Will you help us by making a donation to our Campaign for Ending Hunger? You can pay it forward by providing the gift of a holiday meal. Make a donation on behalf of yourself or your family, or donate in honor of someone else.
Consider these statistics:
- 13% of Maine’s population is food insecure, meaning 1 in 8 Mainers—including 1 in 5 children—struggle to obtain nutritious food.
- In 2022, Maine was ranked 21st in the nation (tied with two other states) and 1st in New England for household food insecurity.
- Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap study that was released in May of 2024 confirms what Maine’s hunger relief network has seen in recent years: rising food costs are contributing to higher rates of food insecurity.
- 100% of United States counties have food insecurity.
