The Community Gourmet

10/13/2026

We need your help communities.

We expect our backpack numbers to increase with the cut of SNAP.
Here’s what we need and how you can help:

*Horizon individual milk, shelf stable (Costco is Kirkside)

*Chef Boyardee meals, small, pop tops
*NutriGrain bars
*Protein bars (no nuts or peanuts)
*Juice boxes (we-are out)
*Pop tarts
*Tuna/chicken salad with crackers
*Fruit Snacks
* Ritz Bitz or other snacks (no Peanutbutter)

These are just a few things we use.

You can order from our Amazon list:

https://a.co/2iANLG9

Or we accept donations through
Venmo: Thecommunitygourmet
PayPal: [email protected]

Drop offs and checks can go to:
The Community Gourmet
6 Brown Street, STE 1
Kennebunk, Maine 04043

Thank yo for your support!
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10/12/2026

This is going to be good!!! 🎃🎃🎃

We will be at the Waterhouse Center again this year from 4 to 6 on Halloween passing out candy and meeting some pretty cool people and scarey little goblins.

10/08/2026

Thank you Melanie at Dragon Star Creations for your generous donation which we were able to purchase over 150 hot meals for the students.
Your generosity and support are both appreciated! 💚💚💚

10/05/2026

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10/04/2026

This week’s backpack packages for RSU21 will include journals.

If you’d like to add a gift to these bags, we would be happy to include it.
We have 105 students weekly.

We only ask that it has not been previously used or anything that is expired. Any journals, which we always encourage, should be no bigger than 7”x5”.

If you’d like to ship it to us or drop something off, our address is:
The Community Gourmet
6 Brown Street, Suite 1
Kennebunk, Me. 04043

Thankyou for your continued support!!
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10/03/2026

History teachers!

This is a complete set of presidents available now at the Kennebunk Rotary Club Nautical auction going on now 10/3. 10/4
In Cape Porpoise!

10/02/2026

We will be flipping the pancakes to raise money for our community members experiencing food insecurity.
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10/01/2026

Thank you Beach Grass for the beautiful cards you donated for our packages to students and older adults.
These are just gorgeous and will certainly be a nice surprise in every bag we deliver.

09/26/2026

Whatever your age, take a trolley ride and pick out a 🎃! What fun and a beautiful ride.

Thanks to all who joined us for our first day of Pumpkin Patch Trolley today. 238 guests still joined us even though the forecast was looking iffy all week long. Thanks for enjoying what turned into a beautiful sunny day with us!

We're watching the weather and the Nor'easter heading our way this weekend. It looks like we will be out of the storm's path until Saturday later in the afternoon. We will not be offering a 3:45PM general public trolley ride tomorrow; the final ride will be our 3PM Pumpkin Patch Trolley ride.

We'll make the decision Saturday afternoon if we plan to close on Sunday. If you are a Sunday ticketholder and would like to transfer your tickets to another weekend, please email [email protected] and we'll help you with that ticket transfer. We're hosting this event three more weekends and we look forward to much better weather.

Purchase Pumpkin Patch Trolley tickets here: https://pumpkintrolley.eventbrite.com

09/25/2026

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