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Patti’s Oct. 25 “Inside New Gloucester” Column

Thanksgiving assistance Gray-New Gloucester Caring Community coordinates getting Thanksgiving food baskets to families and individuals who request assistance. Application forms are now available and completed forms are due back by […]


Herbalist Donna Strand, center, shows the Shaker Village gardens to the Pillsbury family at the Oct. 12 Fall Festival. The Freeport-based family includes Maura, Wyeth, Matt and Nolan (held by Matt). Photo by Patti Mikkelsen

Thanksgiving assistance

Gray-New Gloucester Caring Community coordinates getting Thanksgiving food baskets to families and individuals who request assistance. Application forms are now available and completed forms are due back by Nov 9.

These application forms have been sent out by the three elementary schools in school totes and SchoolMessenger. Additionally, they can be picked up and dropped off at all SAD 15 schools, the Gray Public Library and both Gray and New Gloucester town offices in GNGCC designated lock boxes, as well as the middle and high school’s guidance offices.

Anyone interested in sponsoring a family by providing all the fixings for a holiday meal, contact Kathy George at kgeorge2@maine.rr.com.

For Patti Mikkelsen’s complete column in the Lakes Region Weekly, go to https://www.pressherald.com/2019/10/25/inside-new-gloucester-oct-25/