It’s Volunteer Appreciation Week!
In honor of Volunteer Appreciation Week, we asked some of our weekly volunteers about their experiences and what the issue of hunger means to them.
In honor of Volunteer Appreciation Week, we asked some of our weekly volunteers about their experiences and what the issue of hunger means to them.
With the gradual shift toward conscious, sustainable treatment of food in our society, reducing food waste has become a focal point for legislators, scholars, and advocates alike. It’s a travesty that so much food goes to waste when so many are hungry, and the Maryland Food Bank has built fighting food waste into the way we work. Find out how we make the best of an inefficient food system.
Though months have passed since Farm to Food Bank Program Coordinator Amy Cawley gleaned the last of the harvest season’s turnips, kale, collard greens, and cabbage from our farm partners’ fields, her work has not ended.
The Maryland Food Bank always needs volunteers, but that need is dire after the holidays when volunteerism typically declines—and we’re going to need your help as we enter 2015!
The Maryland Food Bank has been the grateful recipient of countless donations. One way we use your gifts is to fight child hunger in Maryland.
Check out the latest local and national news about the Maryland Food Bank and how we’re addressing hunger in our communities.