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Maine Credit Union League, Westbrook, has raised over $1.1 million since 1990 to help end hunger in the state. Coordinated by the Maine Credit Union League's Social Responsibility Committee, the Campaign for Ending Hunger was initiated by credit unions as a way to reach out as a movement to address...

By Staff Writer | Updated on April 02, 2002

<p>Maine Credit Union League, Westbrook, has raised over $1.1 million since 1990 to help end hunger in the state. Coordinated by the Maine Credit Union League’s Social Responsibility Committee, the Campaign for Ending Hunger was initiated by credit unions as a way to reach out as a movement to address a chronic problem, the fact that a high percentage of Maine’s population is defined as food insecure. In its first year, the campaign raised a little under $25,000. The recently concluded 2001 campaign raised over $170,000, setting a new record. One hundred percent of the funds raised through the campaign goes directly to helping feed Maine’s hungry.</p>

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