Penobscot Bay Pilot, Maine Edge report on MLK Day of Service project
The Penobscot Bay Pilot and The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release about the university’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Community Partnership Project. In honor of King, members of the community will pack between 20,000 and 30,000 meals for distribution to local food pantries on Jan. 23. The university recently was awarded a $1,800 grant from Iowa Campus Compact to aid the project, which is a partnership between the UMaine Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism, Honors College and Office of Multicultural Student Life, as well as the University of Maine at Augusta Bangor campus. About 150 volunteers, including students, staff and faculty from both campuses and representatives from local food pantries, are needed to pack and distribute the meals from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Old Town. Volunteers can register online.