Kimberly Magretto, right, of Brunswick speaks to Lindsay Gannon of Healthy Androscoggin during the second annual Community Resource Fair at Oak Hill Middle School in Sabattus. The free event featured 44 organizations that provided information on how to connect to resources within the community. Living in a rural area has some challenges when it comes to accessing resources, organizer Hannah Dieterich said. “We brought them all to one location so that our community members can connect to local and surrounding resources,” she said. Dieterich runs the Community Cares Backpack Program that sends backpacks of food home with students from Sabattus, Litchfield and Wales so children don’t go hungry on weekends and holidays. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Boy Scouts Kaden Mann, center, of Litchfield and Garrett Ashton, right, of Sabattus work with their Assistant Scout Master Daniel Mason on Sunday while putting up a cooking tripod during the second annual Community Resource Fair at Oak Hill Middle School in Sabattus. The free event featured 44 organizations that provided information on how to connect to resources within the community. Living in a rural area has some challenges when it comes to accessing resources, organizer Hannah Dieterich said. “We brought them all to one location so that our community members can connect to local and surrounding resources,” she said. Dieterich runs the Community Cares Backpack Program that sends backpacks of food home with students from Sabattus, Litchfield and Wales so children don’t go hungry on weekends and holidays. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Zachora York, 3, of Wayne waits for Eddie Grey Fox Burgess of the Wellness Mobile Foundation to prepare her backpack during the second annual Community Resource Fair at Oak Hill Middle School in Sabattus. The free event featured 44 organizations that provided information on how to connect to resources within the community. Living in a rural area has some challenges when it comes to accessing resources, organizer Hannah Dieterich said. “We brought them all to one location so that our community members can connect to local and surrounding resources,” she said. Dieterich runs the Community Cares Backpack Program that sends backpacks of food home with students from Sabattus, Litchfield and Wales so children don’t go hungry on weekends and holidays. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Olivia Susi, center, her mother Caitlyn, right, and brother, Owen, visit Brittany Milligan at the Pine Tree Legal Assistance table during the second annual Community Resource Fair at Oak Hill Middle School in Sabattus. The free event featured 44 organizations that provided information on how to connect to resources within the community. Living in a rural area has some challenges when it comes to accessing resources, organizer Hannah Dieterich said. “We brought them all to one location so that our community members can connect to local and surrounding resources,” she said. Dieterich runs the Community Cares Backpack Program that sends backpacks of food home with students from Sabattus, Litchfield and Wales so children don’t go hungry on weekends and holidays. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

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