Hundreds stood in line for hours to eat spaghetti served by the Governor. The meal was a fundraiser for a non-profit organization that helps the poor and homeless. The Catholic Church just cut funding for the group saying it violated the rules a grant by associating with those that support same sex marriage. Governor Baldacci … Read more
PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) – Governor John Baldacci sponsored a spaghetti dinner Wednesday night to benefit Preble Street’s “Homeless Voices for Justice” program. The Governor hosted the fundraiser to help make up for money lost after the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland pulled its support of the agency. The Diocese says it was over Preble … Read more
PORTLAND – The line outside the Italian Heritage Center just kept getting longer, as people waited for plates of spaghetti covered in sauce made with Gov. John Baldacci’s family recipe. At one point, organizers of the supper to benefit Preble Street estimated that more than 400 people were standing in the parking lot outside the … Read more
PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — Preble Street’s Homeless Voices for Justice program recently lost a major funding source when the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland pulled it’s grant money because of Preble’s stance on last November’s gay marriage referendum. Now the governor has announced he will host a spaghetti dinner next week to raise money … Read more
Baldacci says he wants to help fill the financial gap created when the Catholic church pulled its funding from the program over the same sex marriage issue. Gov. John Baldacci will be serving up some spaghetti next week in Portland to raise some money for Preble Street, a program that helps the homeless. Recently, the Catholic … Read more
PORTLAND – A social service agency’s support for same-sex marriage has cost it local and national funding from the Catholic Church’s anti-poverty program. Preble Street’s Homeless Voices for Justice program has lost $17,400 this year and will lose $33,000 that it expected for its next fiscal year. Officials with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland … Read more
PORTLAND – The pelting rain and ankle-deep puddles may have kept the crowd small in Monument Square on Friday, but it was perfect weather to demonstrate the plight of the city’s homeless residents. Preble Street, which provides services to the homeless and poor, held a rally calling on people to help end homelessness. While only … Read more
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) — Advocates for the homeless say more than two hundred men, women and children slept in shelters in the city of Portland last night. That fact was highlighted at a rally in Portland’s Monument Square Friday afternoon. It was pouring rain but there was no rain date for the rally. Organizers say … Read more
