NEWSPAPERS & PRINT

Click the links to read about Maine Needs through the years.

“The pickiest donation center in Maine: Nonprofit aims to get people what they need, with respect”

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD

April, 2022

“Maine Needs helps Mainers”

AMJAMBO AFRICA

January, 2024

“Maine Needs: Creating a Compassionate Community”

EDIBLE MAINE

June, 2024

“To better provide essentials, Maine Needs finds a new home”

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD

November, 2024

“After a flood of requests, Maine Needs will move into a bigger space”

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD

December, 2024

“Maine Needs and Preble Street Announce Partnership to Help More Mainers Meet their Basic Needs”

PREBLE STREET

APRIL 2025

“Soccer is a common language”

HUMANS OF HEARTS: HEARTS OF PINE

JUNE 2025

“Volunteering at ‘Maine Needs’ brings connection to community”

ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, NPR

October, 2025

“What not to donate to Maine nonprofits this holiday season”

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD

December, 2025

“At Maine Needs, hope and dignity go hand in hand with sponges and sneakers”

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD, Opinion by Richard Russo

December, 2025

“A Portland boy’s $11 gift to Maine Needs turns into $7,000”

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD

February, 2026

“La communaute se mobilise”

LA PRESSE

January, 2026

“Clean out your space and donate to these 8 places in Greater Portland”

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD

March, 2026

“Mainers in need of basic household goods find a community overflowing with generosity”

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

March, 2026

AUDIO & VIDEOS

Listen to interviews, podcast episodes and more!

Footage from a fundraising event at Rising Tide Brewing in Portland

Courtesy of Wind Media Co.

2/28/24: Founder Angela Stone on The Boulos Beat Podcast, tells the Maine Needs origin story including who we are, what we do and why we do it.

11/18/2024: Making an Impact: How Maine Needs is Expanding to Support our Community with Hayley at Hot Radio Maine