Senior Izzy Maly recently assembled 10 members of Severna Park High School’s Key Club and created an event to benefit neighbors in her community and the Maryland Food Bank.

Maly took the funds raised from her Community Pancake Fundraiser and partnered with Laurel, MD-based Pastry Star to produce 1,400 pouches of pancake mix, which can make up to 33,000 pancakes, providing critical sustenance to food-insecure Marylanders statewide. Maly hopes to extend the fundraiser to Key Clubs nationwide.

“I find it truly something special when I know that my efforts are benefiting the very people living in my community and backyard. I love how this program was able to support so many people and families and am grateful to lead such an impactful initiative.”

IZZY MALY

Changemaker, High School Student, Severna Park High School

Izzy’s incredible efforts show how the action of one person can grow and make a HUGE difference. “I am proud and astonished to say that this program—which began from an idea I came up with while eating breakfast—was just found to be the largest district fundraising project recorded in our history as the Capital District of Key Club,” Izzy shared.

Meet Changemaker Izzy Maly! She took action to transform a breakfast table idea into 36,000 pancakes worth of just-add-water pancake mix for Marylanders facing hunger.

About The Author

Ben Gross

For more than 30 years, Ben has been helping organizations raise awareness and inspire action by creating compelling narratives. And since 2018, Ben has been the Maryland Food Bank's Staff Writer, elevating the voices of food-insecure neighbors to further the Maryland Food Bank's mission of feeding people, strengthening communities, and ending hunger for more Marylanders.