Telethon to Support Aroostook County Food Pantries Returns The Operation 24 Telethon will once again be happening on March 11th on WAGM-TV. However, this year the name had to be changed to Operation Hunger due to Catholic Charities now serving over 28 food pantries. Catholic Charities has been working daily since COVID-19 entered our communities to provide tons and tons of food to the people of Aroostook County. They have gone from supporting 24 food pantries to 28 plus, as well as doing mass distributions of food throughout Aroostook County. In some situations, the pantries have gone through food faster than ever and have had to resort to purchasing food at full cost in emergency situations when food was not available to them from Good Shephard Food Bank.