Help Support Local Businesses
Pay It Forward Maine is a new statewide effort to assist businesses affected by COVID-19 through a variety of important means. Please visit:
PayitforwardMaine.com
Help by Donating
Donate directly to trusted local nonprofits. Many of the nonprofits you know and trust are providing services to those in need in your community and they could use your help.
Donate to your local United Way. Each of Maine‘s nine United Ways* has a local response to the pandemic, based on the needs of the communities they serve. To donate visit United Ways of Maine.
*For Knox County, please also visit United Midcoast Charities.
Donate to the Maine Community Foundation. MaineCF has established a statewide emergency response fund to provide immediate, flexible grants to regional and community-based nonprofits responding to COVID-19 hardships throughout Maine, such as area agencies on aging, community action programs, homeless shelters and food pantries. To donate visit the Maine Community Foundation.
Donate for food security. Good Shepherd Food Bank, Maine’s largest hunger relief organization, is partnering with state agencies and food pantries to support those affected by COVID-19. To donate or hold a virtual food drive in your community, visit gsfb.org/mainecovid.
Help the Health Care Response
Volunteer your medical experience. To meet immediate health care needs, those
with medical or public health experience or backgrounds are asked to register to
volunteer.
Please visit MaineResponds.org
Donate blood. The COVID-19 pandemic has created an urgent need for blood
donation.Call 1-800-RED-CROSS or visit RedCrossBlood.org to:
Check your eligibility to donate
Find upcoming blood drives and make an appointment.
Contribute medical supplies.
If you wish to help Maine government purchase critical medical supplies, please use this form:
COVID-19 purchase form
If you have critical, certified medical supplies* to donate to combat COVID-19, please use this form: COVID-19 donation form
Help By Volunteering
Organizations across Maine depend on volunteers to ensure essential needs and services are delivered. Volunteers are now permitted to provide in-person support to those organizations deemed essential, but given the crucial need stop the spread of COVID-19, all volunteers should abide by physical distancing guidelines and maintain their personal safety. If you wish to volunteer with a local nonprofit or service organization, we encourage you to contact them to see how you can support their mission safely.
To volunteer for emergency or disaster relief efforts, please register at MaineReady.org. Emergency agencies seeking volunteers can also register their agency and needs at MaineReady.
To volunteer with nonprofit or service agencies serving essential needs, please visit VolunteerMaine.com.
The Good Shepherd Food Bank, Maine’s largest hunger relief organization, is accepting volunteer inquiries.
Children’s Resources to Learn More About Nature
The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has gathered fun and simple activities for you and your family to do in your home, in your backyard, or at a nearby, low-trafficked trail. Visit Educational Tools & Activities here.
Can You Provide Personal Protective Equipment?
As you can imagine, the Trump Administration has received a deluge of offers from the private and non-profit sectors to provide or produce PPE, ventilators, and other critical supplies in response to COVID-19. As a result, HHS has established a centralized platform for receiving and vetting these requests.
If you or your office are interested in helping the effort to combat the spread of COVID-19, FEMA has established a website (www.fema.gov/coronavirus/how-to-help) providing more information.
If you have medical supplies or equipment to donate, please provide us details on what you are offering.
If you are a private company that wants to produce a product related to the COVID response – email nbeoc@max.gov.
If you are a hospital or healthcare provider in need of medical supplies, please contact your state, local, tribal or territory department of public health and/or emergency management agency.
If you are interested in doing business with FEMA and supporting the response to COVID- 19 with your company’s non-medical goods and/or services, please submit your inquiry to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Procurement Action Innovative Response Team (PAIR) team at DHSIndustryLiaison@hq.dhs.gov.
For additional information please visit FEMA’s website: https://www.fema.gov/coronavirus/.
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