Even though 1 in 3 Marylanders face hunger on any given day, food insecurity just hits harder at the holidays. Up to two million of us don’t know where our next meal is going to come from, but Maryland Food Bank Network Partners like Loaves & Fishes go the extra mile to make sure that neighbors don’t feel like numbers—every day, but especially at the holidays.
In a year where inflation heightened the challenges families and organizations face, our staff and partners still met the growing need—sharing more than 43 million meals, while opening pathways out of hunger for more Marylanders. I hope you enjoy this retrospective of how you helped us do more in 2024!
Our ability to reach further into local communities, to bring more nutritious food, new programs, and really start the work to end hunger in our state is only limited by the resources we have. That’s why this investment in our staff and our assets is so crucial to Maryland’s future.
Since 2019, the Maryland Food Bank’s grant programs have been expanding the capabilities of our statewide Network Partners, helping them provide food, and wraparound services that lead to pathways out of hunger for more Marylanders.
Darlene Johnson is much more than MFB’s customer service representative — she’s the ever-smiling, always cheerful face of the food bank to representatives of its many community partners who visit the central warehouse’s Marketplace to pick up food for their pantries.
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