Mission statement
The South Portland Food Cupboard is dedicated to alleviating hunger by providing supplemental food to the needy of South Portland, Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth, and surrounding communities. We strive to offer nutritious foods, provide a full week’s worth of meals for each family once per month, serve with compassion and caring, treat each client with respect while bringing hope and encouragement to their lives, and educate our clients about other available community resources.
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South Portland Food Cupboard
We are a food pantry that shares a week's worth of healthy and nutritional food items with individuals and families with incomes below 150% of the poverty level.
We are open for clients on Thursday from 8:30 - 11:30 am (numbers given at 7:30). We are a 501(3)(c) non-profit organization and run by over 50 volunteers.
Today is July 5th, and it is the first Wednesday of the month. That means we will be open this evening for clients who work and are unable to come during our Thursday morning hours.
Open: 5-7 pm!
Open: 5-7 pm!
Sybil Riemensnider:
SOUTH PORTLAND — Sybil Riemensnider, who co-founded the South Portland Food Cupboard 20 years ago and has led it ever since, working unpaid full-time as its executive director, has decided to finally retire at age 80.
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A big thank you to Nonesuch River Golf Club & it's patrons for the 468 lbs of food! What a clever campaign to offer discounts on greens fees to patrons who bring in non-perishable goods! We love the creativity, and we are grateful for your support again this year.
Many thanks to SoPo Cottage for the generous donation of non-perishables received today. Thank you, Laurel, for stopping by and for your continued generosity. We love to see you!
On Wednesday, May 31, we hosted the Rotary Club of South Portland-Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Thirty-two members came for a viewing of our facility and the new slide presentation. Again, a donation of $500 was made to the Cupboard. The Rotary is a consistent donor to us. Our van was partially paid for by this club and more than ten of their members donate their time weekly. It was a fun night, members kept donating extra money ($160), and new members received a good picture of what we are about. Very much appreciated!