WABI previews student-led Maine Day Meal Packout
WABI (Channel 5) reported University of Maine students are preparing for the annual Maine Day Meal Packout on May 1. In food-packing events, campus and community volunteers box meals that are donated to food banks and community organizations that provide food for people in need. The event will be held 9 a.m.–noon in the Memorial Gym. The goal is to pack at least 65,000 meals and to raise awareness of food insecurity in Maine. “It’s really important to get people more aware of this hunger epidemic in Maine,” said UMaine student Emma Hutchinson. “Maine is the ninth worst state in the country for food insecurity. So to get friends and neighbors together, aware of this problem, and working together to help it in any way is just so huge.” Donations are still being accepted. Checks can be made out to the University of Maine and sent to 5727 Estabrooke Hall, Room 146, Orono.