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Bangor Area Homeless Shelter donations Bangor Area Homeless Shelter Offers Services $46,000 donation to Bangor Area Homeless Shelter Jason’s Pizza to serve lunch at Bangor Area Homeless Shelter Hollywood Casino donates $46k to Bangor Area Homeless ShelterCity of Bangor storm offers shelter locations Annual Hike for the Homeless returns to Bangor Warming center information Bangor […]

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Bangor area non-profits work hard to keep community members fed

Author: Hannah Yechivi (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 7:55 PM EDT July 22, 2020 | Updated: 2:48 PM EDT July 23, 2020 BANGOR, Maine — The Bangor Area Homeless Shelter is feeding more people as COVID-19 seems to be increasing food insecurity in the area. “What we’ve seen is an increase in need for food essentially,” […]

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Bangor Area Homeless Shelter receives $20,000 Grant from Newman’s Own Foundation…..Funding will support those who are homeless in our community

Bangor, Maine – Bangor Area Homeless Shelter has been awarded a $20,000 grant from Newman’s Own Foundation, the independent foundation created by the late actor and philanthropist, Paul Newman.  The award to Bangor Area Homeless Shelter was made by Newman’s Own Foundation as part of its commitment to the empowerment of individuals. The grant to […]

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Annual Membership & Town Hall Meeting on Homelessness

Please join us for our Annual Membership and Town Hall Meeting on Homelessness September 17, 2019 Husson University’s Center for Family Business 64 Kagan Drive Bangor, Maine 04401 5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. – hors d’oeuvres 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. – meeting The Bangor Area Homeless Shelter invites you to share your views on […]

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MaineBiz magazine features article on Hannaford Donation

MaineBiz recently featured a story focused on Hannaford’s donation to the Shelter. The donation is designated to fund the opening of the warming center; the first warming center to be open every night for those who are homeless to come in and get warm.   We are very excited to be able to offer this service […]

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Bangor Area Homeless Shelter to open Warming Center

The cold weather and the snow storm that is predicted to hit Monday evening has driven many, but not all, of those who live on the streets in Bangor into the Main Street shelter. “The director has been working pretty diligently on opening a warming center from 8 o’clock at night to 6:30 in the […]

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The Thanksgiving Holiday was Warm and Plentiful for the Shelter

The generosity of Hollywood Casino and the UMaine Men’s Basketball team made the Thanksgiving holiday a warm and filling experience for shelter guests and the local community who joined us for the Thanksgiving dinner this year. “The Hollywood Casino, is a really great neighbor to have.” Boyd Kronholm, executive director of the Bangor Area Homeless […]

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