“It takes me back to when I was a child in the inner city where food was a lot scarcer. When your neighbor up the street couldn’t get out or had health issues, so you took what you had and shared with them. To me the food bank is that neighborhood, that village I grew up in. It lets me know that I’m not alone — lets me know that people still care for people.”
More than two in five Maryland families — 45% of our neighbors — said their children were often or sometimes not eating enough because food was not affordable, with families in the lowest income bracket experiencing the highest adversity.
In FY21, 223 dedicated Network Partners stood up for their communities and helped keep a constant stream of food flowing into the hands of their neighbors in need, including the older residents of Park View at Coldspring in northwest Baltimore City.
Your support allows us to strengthen local communities by providing our partners with the means to do more for their neighbors in need. Because of you, we can continue using grants as part of our strategy to invest in our network and ensure these partners are able to meet the day-to-day needs of hungry Marylanders.
Learn how our refreshed strategic plan will allow us to lift up Maryland through nutritious food and expanded pathways out of hunger.
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