On any given day of the week, a white Mercedez-Benz Sprinter van covered in colorful images of groceries is on the road somewhere in Knox County and beyond, delivering food aid for the Rockland-based Area Interfaith Outreach. The cargo van, which AIO purchased after a fundraising campaign late last year, is living up to its name.
“There’s very little time that the van is not driving around doing things,” said Program Director Laura McGrath, like running weekend lunches to 600 school-age children, bringing food back to the Midcoast from Good Shepherd Food Bank in Auburn, or dropping off meals to home-bound residents who are unable to come to AIO’s food market themselves.
Area Interfaith Outreach Executive Director Alan Kearl, right, accepts a donation from Brittany Greenman of Five County Credit Union as her colleague Hillary Barone takes a photo on Jan. 22. Fundraising and forming community partnerships are key parts of Kearl’s role at the nonprofit.
Volunteers assemble bags of food on Jan. 29 for Area Interfaith Outreach’s weekend meals program, which provides two breakfasts and two lunches for about 600 Knox County school-age children. Pictured are, clockwise from left, Jim Storholt, David Statman, Carole Kelly Wright, Molly Walpuck, Susan Hyde and Charlotte Cushman.
Rob Holloway, left, Area Interfaith Outreach’s market and warehouse director, gives a tour of the market on Jan. 22 to Brittany Greenman, center, and Hillary Barone, both representing Five County Credit Union, a corporate partner.
Area Interfaith Outreach’s Rockland facility is a bustle of volunteer activity Dec. 11, 2024. Pictured are, from left, Tansy Myster, Geri Hayward, Joyce Storer, Gage Whittier, Meredy Hamilton and Jenny Swing.
Michelle Peacock, left, owner of Camden’s Blue Harbor House Inn, offers more ice cream to top off Tiffany Faulkner and Tania Boardman’s brownies during the Area Interfaith Outreach “Pies on Parade” fundraiser on March 15. This year marked the return of the beloved and weekend-long fundraiser, which had been disrupted by the global pandemic and raised almost $16,000. Volunteer Elizabeth Halpern stands ready to assist.
Area Interfaith Outreach Volunteer Leila Murphy and Strand Theatre Manager Liz McLeod place virtual bags of food, representing cash donations, in the theatre’s seats during the annual “Fill the Strand” fundraiser on Jan. 20. About $40,000 was raised.
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