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About Us

We are a group of college students dedicated to redistributing wealth and meeting community need in Brunswick, ME. We are not formally affiliated with Bowdoin College.

Polar Bear Mutual Aid (PBMA) is a communal effort for addressing needs within our community. We are not a charity. We are building a network through which we can share resources effectively and justly.

We operate from the understanding that some people within our community have ample access to resources while others have basic material needs that go unmet. We facilitate the redistribution of resources and invite you to participate in this process by requesting aid, making a donation, or sharing PBMA with your friends.

We believe this is an act of community care!


Our Values


Learn More

Humans have always engaged in practices of mutual aid and community care. More recently, many groups of college students (Colby, Bates, Scripps) have launched mutual aid networks to better support each other. Here are some resources if you want to learn more about mutual aid!

Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity Through This Crisis (and the next) by Dean Spade | Mutual Aid 101 | NYT: How College Students Are Helping Each Other Survive | NYT: How Neighborhood Groups Are Stepping In Where the Government Didn’t