Feeding Our Neighbors With Dignity
while promoting health, opportunity, and hope

Come Spring Food Pantry &
Knox County Gleaners

Food Assistance in
Western Knox County

Come Spring Food Pantry is a 100% volunteer-ran, 501(c)(3) community food pantry located in Union, ME. We provide food assistance to those suffering from food insecurity and other neighbors in need, ensuring access to fresh, nutritious meals for individuals and families in our community. Through our partnership with Knox County Gleaners, we help rescue surplus farm produce and distribute it to those who need it most. Together, we’re feeding our neighbors with dignity, while promoting health, opportunity, and hope.

Food Assistance Near Me

Come Spring Food Pantry is located at 27 Common Road in Union, ME. We offer our neighbors the ability to select the items they need from our pantry on the second and fourth Wednesday’s of every month from 10am to 1pm, and the first Saturday from 10am to 1pm. We follow RSU 40 policies for weather closures.

We’re Open For Food Assistance:

2nd & 4th Wednesday: 10am to 1pm
1st Saturday: 10am to 1pm.

About Come Spring Food Pantry

Founded in 1991 through a service project at the Come Spring School, Come Spring Food Pantry relocated in 2021 from a modest space in the Thompson Community Center with a couple volunteers serving a few dozen of our neighbors, to our present location at 27 Common Road in Union. As the need has grown, so has our impact and ability to serve our community; with dozens of volunteers serving hundreds of our neighbors today. While we continue to provide food assistance, we strive to make our community a healthier, more resilient place by partnering with aligned organizations like Knox County Gleaners, Good Shepherd Food Bank, and many others who share our vision.

At Come Spring Food Pantry, all are welcome. Young families, single parents, elderly couples, veterans, anyone who is struggling with food security: no one is turned away.

About Knox County Gleaners

Founded in 2019 to help connect local farmers with their food insecure neighbors in Knox County, a generous grant from the Harvard Pilgrim Foundation and Penquis allowed its founders to develop the infrastructure needed to begin a gleaning program in Western Knox County. Knox County Gleaners works with farmers, gardeners, and orchard owners who want to share their surplus bounty with those in need. Our volunteers collect and clean, and then distribute surplus food to a variety of sites including Come Spring Food Pantry, other local food pantries, soup kitchens, libraries, senior homes, and other community hubs.

The efforts of our volunteers reduces food waste in farms, gardens, and orchards, and improve food security by distributing healthy, locally grown food throughout Knox County.

WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!

We are a 100% volunteer-run, 501(c)(3) organization and our ability to serve our neighbors in need comes entirely from the support of our partners and individuals like you.

Food insecurity in Maine is growing, one in five children go hungry.

Consider donating or volunteering with us!