Montgomery Community Media

This morning Manna Food Center was proud to invite our partner agencies, donors, volunteers, and county community members to the Bohrer Park Activity Center in Gaithersburg in commemoration of  our organization’s 30th anniversary. Though the symposium did highlight the great work of Manna Food Center and so many of its partner organizations over the past […]

Have you ever had to cut back on a meal because you weren’t sure where the money for food was coming from? Have you skipped a meal to save a dollar? Have you fed other members of your family first, and gone hungry, because there just wasn’t enough to go around? Thousands of Marylanders have […]

Working for a nonprofit is one of the most wonderful, soul-filling experiences (you get to help save lives every day!), but like any work, you can often get overwhelmed and exhausted by the amount of things you have to do. Here at Manna, we have a quote from our friend at the Donor Relations Guru […]

If you’ve been reading along here, you know that there are a lot of hungry people living in the U.S. today. Over 45 million people are on SNAP (food stamps) as of a recent count, and many more qualify but don’t know it. So what would you do if you were unable to feed your […]

  Manna Food Center, together with the City of Gaithersburg and Maryland Hunger Solutions, is gathering our colleagues and concerned citizens for a symposium on hunger in the county. The symposium, Hunger Amid Abundance: 30 Years of Service,will focus on hunger in Montgomery County and highlighting the partnerships that make Manna so successful in fighting […]

Manna Food Center generates more than 190 food boxes each day to distribute during the week to our clients. We generate nutrition information and classes to help lead Montgomery County in their food choices. We generate $5 in food from every $1 you contribute in funds. We also generate power! Well, our generator does. We […]

Here at Manna, we serve thousands of families and MCPS elementary students per month with food donated by our community. Every can of tuna or box of macaroni and cheese is processed by our volunteer corps to ensure food safety, which means checking every expiration date on food that comes in. Many times, well-meaning groups […]

Here at Manna, we work hard to provide the 32.3% of MCPS school children who qualify for free- and reduced-price meals (FARMS) with nutritious foods for the weekend. Our Karen Goldberg Smart Sacks program provides over 2,000 elementary school kids with bags of meals and snacks for the weekend when FARMS are unavailable.   Kids […]

Manna Food Center serves thousands of Montgomery County residents, and sometimes those folks end up working here at Manna. Our great warehouse assistant Jamal answered some questions about his family’s needs being met through Manna last year. Thank you to everyone who provides assistance to Manna, and to our great staff who work hard at […]

We’ve shared a lot of information over the past week on what life is like for our clients; they rely on SNAP benefits and the work of organizations like Manna for healthy food for their families. So, you’re wondering, if Manna and other organizations provide healthy food to people through your donations, what kind of […]