Right Sizing Our School Pantry Program
Starting with the 2023-24 school year, we’re right-sizing our School Pantry partnerships to produce better outcomes for our neighbors.
Starting with the 2023-24 school year, we’re right-sizing our School Pantry partnerships to produce better outcomes for our neighbors.
Alma T. is one of many Marylanders struggling to cope with inflation, and has been forced into choosing between food and paying for medical visits. Learn how a local food pantry is helping Alma, and many others in northern Baltimore.
The “Outstanding Partner” award-winning Sandy Hill Elementary School has been an MFB partner since 2021, serving the Cambridge community in Dorchester County. Their partnership with Mid-Shore Meals ’til Monday means that schoolchildren and their families have enough to eat in the evenings and over the weekends when they lose access to school food.
For years, MFB Kids programs have been working to ensure younger Marylanders have access to the healthy foods they need to achieve, but the pandemic created barriers we never could have imagined, making these programs more important today than ever before.
As COVID-19 opened the eyes of many to the prevalence of food insecurity among our neighbors, it also brought increased understanding of the growing need for on-campus pantries at colleges across Maryland to help meet the growing need for food assistance.
Check out the latest local and national news about the Maryland Food Bank and how we’re addressing hunger in our communities.