NEWS & UPDATES
100 Veterans Housed!
100 Maine Veterans who were homeless in 2021 are warm, safe, and housed as we enter the winter months — including a Veteran who had been homeless for over 900 days, and a family with seven children. Thanks to massive outreach by caseworkers and community partners, the 100 Veteran Challenge was a resounding success! Veteran
Preble Street Food Security Hub will be the first food hub in Maine focused on food insecurity
Preble Street announces matching grant challenge from the John T. Gorman Foundation for new Food Security Hub dedicated to ending hunger in Maine Preble Street Food Security Hub will be the first food hub in Maine focused on food insecurity PORTLAND, ME (December 15, 2021) — Hunger is an everyday reality for too many Mainers.
Remembering the Preble Street Central Kitchen
Monday, November 15 was a bittersweet day — it marked the last day of meal preparation at the Preble Street Central Kitchen. The Central Kitchen (also known for many years as the Resource Center Soup Kitchen) served millions of meals in its 28 years and played a vital role in the community for clients, staff,
Youth homelessness: a call to community action
Since last month’s highlight on youth homelessness in Maine, the Joe Kreisler Teen Shelter has reached maximum capacity several days in a row for the first time in over three years. Preble Street will never turn a minor youth away, and while at maximum capacity, staff are working with community partners and youth 18 and
Missed ‘Stuff the Bus’? Listen in!
‘Stuff the Bus’ took place virtually on Monday, November 21, 2021? Listen to clips from the podcast!
CURRENT ACTION: Say YES to Build Back Better!
The Senate is set to vote on The Build Back Better package, which includes crucial investments in families, child nutrition, healthcare and affordable housing. Tell Susan Collins to support this critical legislation! Build Back Better will: save most American families more than half of their spending on childcare deliver two years of free preschool for
COVID-19 Health Equity
As our neighbors experiencing homelessness struggle to survive and meet their basic needs each day, finding time to get a COVID-19 vaccination often falls to the wayside. While these individuals care deeply about their health, there are often just too many barriers in place for them to get even the most basic medical care. “It’s
National Homeless Youth Awareness Month
Imagine that you are just 17, 18, or 19 years old. You’ve had to leave home as your parents are struggling with their own mental health issues and it is not safe for you to stay there. You have no other support system and have just lost any sense of stability and safety you once
CURRENT ACTION: Take action for Mainers experiencing hunger!
With hunger on the rise and food prices increasing, we need to ACT NOW to ensure that all Mainers have enough to eat. Tell Representatives Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree to cosponsor the Improving Access to Nutrition Act of 2021 and the White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, Hunger, and Health Act of 2021. SNAP,
It’s time to Stuff the Bus for Preble Street! Thank you Portland Radio Group!
It’s time to kick off the 16th Annual Stuff the Bus Food Drive! Over the past 15 years, the Stuff the Bus food drive has brought in over 1.5 million pounds of food to Preble Street Emergency Food Programs. Preble Street is on track to provide 1 million meals for the second year in a
Preble Street Person of the Month: Lydia Gwizimpundu
Preble Street Person of the month is Lydia Gwizimpundu! Lydia is an incredible advocate for clients at Preble Street Housing First program and women’s shelter, Florence House. She has has a remarkable ability to help clients realize their own strength and abilities, and provides unwavering support in helping them move past barriers and challenges
CURRENT ACTION: Tell Congress to Prioritize Ending Child Hunger!
As Congress nears an agreement on the Build Back Better Act, we are running out of time to ensure that critical funds for child nutrition are included in the final package. With 13 million children in the U.S. experiencing hunger — including 1 in 5 Maine children — we must convince legislators to make critical investments that close the
