September is Hunger Action Month – your annual opportunity to join together with your fellow Marylanders and fight for our hungry neighbors. Check out the top 7 things you can do to help in 2025.
In Frederick County, Farm to School’s Veggie Van is making sure the neighbors in Western Maryland have consistent access to locally grown, highly nutritious fresh fruits and vegetables in familiar, convenient, and stigma-free locations like local elementary schools.
On July 17, The Maryland Food Bank awarded nearly $630,000 in Hunger Hotspot Grants to 15 organizations statewide that have the potential to make an even greater difference in their neighborhoods.
At 17 colleges and universities statewide, innovative and thoughtful programming at Higher Education pantries is helping students focus on academics instead of wondering where their next meal might come from.
College students are an often overlooked, but surprisingly large demographic of the people who experience food insecurity in Maryland. Recent studies explore some of the reasons hunger touches more than 116,000 higher education students statewide, and just how devastating its effect can be.
Check out the latest local and national news about the Maryland Food Bank and how we’re addressing hunger in our communities.
