Media cover Maine Day, record-breaking meal pack-out
WABI (Channel 5) and WLBZ (Channel 2) covered Maine Day, the University of Maine’s annual campuswide spring cleanup tradition. More than 70 volunteer projects, including raking, planting flowers, picking up litter and painting were conducted at various locations on and around campus. One of the projects, The Hungry 100K: Maine Day Meal Pack-out, set a record for the most meals packed by a single campus during one event in the Northeast region. More than 250 volunteers helped the UMaine Honors College and Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism surpass their goal by packing 107,500 meals — about 5.5 tons of food — which will be sent to food banks and shelters around the state. “There’s a lot of stuff going on in the world, but these sorts of events are what’s so meaningful and has been so impactful for me,” team leader Brady Davis told WLBZ. Samuel Borer, a member of UMaine’s Honors College Student Advisory Board which helped organize the event, told WABI the number of meals packed is the most in Maine’s history. “It’s also the most ever by a university. We are really ecstatic about it; we’re really proud. It really brings the community together to fight food insecurity in Maine.” WLBZ also covered the St. Baldrick’s head-shaving event hosted by UMaine Circle K during Maine Day.