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.
The Maryland Food bank is excited to fulfill our goals of distributing more food and helping reduce food waste through the Middle Mile Program, which connects the hospitality industry to hungry Marylanders.
Why volunteer? While this might seem like a simple question, we’ve found that when we ask our volunteers about the reason they support our mission, there is a wide range of responses. Volunteer Georgina Thompson shares her reasons for giving her time to fight hunger at the Maryland Food Bank.
To meet the current need of the more than 650,000 food-insecure Marylanders, we need to distribute more food annually and have a plan to grow from 45 million pounds to 61 million pounds through MFB 2.0
Deonta Sweets is battling childhood hunger through the innovative HEART Market program, helping kids develop lifelong healthy eating habits.
On September 12, we deployed our staff to MFB partner sites from the western mountains to the Eastern Shore to show that we all can do more to help end hunger for more Marylanders as part of our first ever “MFB Day of Service.”
Check out the latest local and national news about the Maryland Food Bank and how we’re addressing hunger in our communities.
