Montgomery Community Media

Have you ever wadded up a ten dollar bill and thrown it in the trash or taken a handful of quarters and tossed them down the garbage disposal?  Of course not, or at least not intentionally. How about some yogurt that was just past it’s sell by date or an apple that was slightly moldy […]

Tomorrow, April 3, join Manna at Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant, 200 E. Middle Ln., Rockville at 6 p.m. to celebrate their newest beer: the Maibock Lager. Gordon Biersch is a long-time supporter of Manna, and will be tapping this special new brew to benefit us. Manna volunteers and Gordon Biersch staff will be on hand […]

“It’s so much more expensive to eat healthy!” This is the message that seems to prevail whenever talk turns to eating well on a budget.  I’ll be the first to admit, it is certainly easier to eat healthy when you’re not concerned about the price but isn’t it easier to do most things with more […]

Here at Manna, we continue to see more clients than ever. This month already, we’ve served over 3,200 families – and we still have a few days left in the shortest month of the year! Last year, we averaged 3,400 families a month; in 2013, we expect that to be closer to 3,600 or 3,700 […]

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 […]