Updated at 5 p.m. to add remarks from Heather Bois Bruskin, Montgomery County Director of Office of Food Systems Resilience _____________________________________ After 11 years leading the largest community-based organization striving… Read More
AfriThrive started five years ago to help feed food insecure people of African descent. Since then, it has grown into an organization that delivers food to 300 family’s weekly while… Read More
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen toured Nourishing Bethesda Friday morning, learning about its Choice Market and helping distribute a Thanksgiving dinner to local families. Nourishing Bethesda was founded in 2020… Read More
The City of Rockville soon will unveil its new logo – Rise Together – in its continuing effort to recover from the pandemic. “The future is bright, and I know… Read More
34% of Montgomery County households were food insecure before May 2023 and May 2024, according to the Capital Area Food Bank, which issued its Hunger Report Thursday. In the previous… Read More
In less than one month, participants in MC Groceries, Montgomery County’s newest program to fight food insecurity and childhood hunger, already placed more than 700 grocery orders using their Instacart… Read More
Jackie DeCarlo, who has led Manna Food Center for 11 years, announced Tuesday she will step down at the end of the year. As CEO of Manna, DeCarlo has been… Read More
Maryland launched SUN Bucks which is designed to help families pay for groceries during the summer for eligible school-aged children. Maryland SUN Bucks is expected to serve 543,000 children using… Read More
Schools and community organizations are offering free lunches at 144 locations throughout the summer for children 18 years or younger, According to Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), the Summer Meals… Read More
About 225 speakers pleaded for their programs and questioned Montgomery County councilmembers’ priorities during recent budget talks. Thursday, councilmembers are expected to approve a $7.1 billion budget for Fiscal Year… Read More
16 local organizations that work to end childhood hunger were awarded grants to create or expand strategies that address food insecurity. The Montgomery County Office of Food Systems Resilience and… Read More
Two Montgomery County youths received the 10 Under 20 Food Heroes award from Hormel Foods Wednesday. Cavanaugh Bell, 9, of Gaithersburg and Shrusti Armula, 16, of Rockville received the national… Read More