PHOTO: Dan Hart, of the Oxford Hills Rotary Club, loads food boxes for the Harrison Food Bank. (Submitted photo)
BRIDGTON — The Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club is looking for two volunteers who can serve as temporary drivers to assist with home deliveries for the Harrison Food Bank.
Qualified drivers should be strong and healthy with an SUV or pickup truck that’s large enough to hold six to eight banana boxes filled with food. Pickup is at the Harrison Food Bank and delivery is to households in Norway, Oxford and Paris.
In April 2020, Rotarian Sheila Rollins approached Sandy Swett at the Harrison Food Bank about the possible need for home deliveries for participants who can’t go to the pantry. The project then took on a life of its own, reaching as many as 60 families ranging from the town of Mexico to the town of Poland during the early days of the pandemic. Among the drivers were members of the Oxford Hills, Fryeburg and Bridgton-Lakes Region Rotary clubs.
Rollins has since died, and Rotarian Carol Madsen is attempting to carry on her work with the pantry. With more people venturing out, deliveries are now to 20 families, many of whom are single-person households.
For more information, contact Madsen at carjmad@hotmail.com.
