First National Bank recently announced that it has made donations totaling $38,250 to organizations fighting food insecurity, including thirty-five food pantries in the bank’s market area. “First National Bank deeply values the essential services that our local food pantries offer to our neighbors in need,” acknowledged Tony C. McKim, President and CEO. “As a Maine community bank, we are dedicated to supporting these vital organizations as they work to help families put food on the table.”
The thirty-five food pantries included: AIO Food Pantry in Rockland, All Souls Congregational Church in Bangor, Bangor Area Homeless Shelter, Bar Harbor Food Pantry, Belfast Soup Kitchen, Beth Wright Cancer Center in Ellsworth, Boothbay Regional High School’s Food pantry, Bread for the Journey in Warren, Bread of Life on Swan’s Island, Brewer Area Food Pantry, Calais School Department’s backpack program, Camden Area Christian Food Pantry, Come Spring Food Pantry in Union, Community Resource Council’s Community Fridge in Boothbay, Eastport Elementary School’s Tiny Tiger Food Pantry, Emmaus Homeless Shelter in Ellsworth, Foxcroft Academy’s Food Pantry in Dover-Foxcroft, Friendship/Cushing Food Pantry, Garrapy Food Pantry in Eastport, Help Yourself Shelf in Wiscasset, Irene Chadbourne Food Pantry in Calais, Liberty Area Food Pantry, Little Free Food Pantry on Vinalhaven, Loaves and Fishes in Ellsworth, Magic Food Bus in Blue Hill, Shead High School’s Food Pantry in Eastport, St. George Community Cupboard, Thomaston Interchurch Fellowship, Tree of Life in Blue Hill, Waldoboro Food Pantry, Westside Food Pantry in Southwest Harbor, Whitefield Food Pantry, Wiscasset Food Pantry, and Woodland Community Food Pantry in Baileyville.
First National Bank, a subsidary of The First Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: FNLC) is an independent community bank with 18 offices in Lincoln, Knox, Waldo, Hancock, Washington and Penobscot Counties. For more information about First National Bank, please call 1-800-564-3195 or visit www.thefirst.com.