hunger

January 17, 2013 | Jenna Umbriac

Sharing the Big Thank You

We as a staff are incredibly lucky to have thousands of volunteers work with us every year to collect, sort, and distribute food to our clients. Every now and again we get a thank you from our clients or volunteers for helping spread hope against hunger in their lives and communities. We hope to be […]

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January 16, 2013 | Jenna Umbriac

Celebrate MLK Day With Giving

Manna Food Center celebrates MLK Days of Service by holding our Help the Hungry food drives at all 27 Montgomery County Giant Stores this weekend. At Manna, we believe in the dreams of Dr. King for a more equitable society, including opportunities for all of us to serve our community by helping those in need. […]

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January 16, 2013 | Staff Writer

Manna and Giant Food Drive

Manna Food Center is teaming up with Giant Food Stores to fight hunger and feed hope by holding food drives at all 27 Montgomery County Giant Food Store locations. You can help! Shop at your local Giant Food store on Saturday, January 19 and Sunday, 20 and donate nonperishable food items to help our restock […]

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December 30, 2012 | Staff Writer

Food Recovery Network Fights Hunger (Video)

In 2010, a few students at the University of Maryland – College Park noticed huge amounts of leftover food from campus dining halls was being thrown away, while many in nearby communities were struggling with hunger. Concerned students from different campus organizations came together to form the Food Recovery Network (FRN) at Maryland. They put […]

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July 13, 2012 | Staff Writer

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Ending Childhood Hunger (Video)

Governor Martin O’Malley has announced that Maryland is two-thirds of the way (66 percent) toward the administration’s goal to end childhood hunger in Maryland by 2015. The Governor also released a video to demonstrate Maryland’s continued progress toward this goal. O’Malley is the first governor in the nation to commit to ending childhood hunger within […]

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