Montgomery Community Media

I’ve shared before how much our clients value our Cooking Matter at the Store grocery store tours. We’ve reached over 500 participants in this wonderful program, and at least once a month a client calls to share: “I really never knew that it was cheaper to buy in bulk! I’m saving on my grocery bill […]

At Manna, I post recipes in our lobby and send out health tips in all of our closed food boxes. While I create them for clients, I’m especially tickled when volunteers and visiting donors take a recipe and tell me what a hit it was with their families. As Manna’s Nutrition Educator, I like to […]

United Way of the National Capital Area (United Way NCA) is awarding eight Community Impact grants totaling $100,678 to eight nonprofit member organizations serving Montgomery County. Each of the grants directly addresses United Way NCA’s focus areas of education, health and financial stability. This year United Way NCA is awarding over $1 million in Community […]

We are off to a rainy start this Sunday. Here are five more things to know today, Jan. 18, in Montgomery County: 1. You can help thousands of our neighbors in need by making a donation, today, while you grocery shop. All 27 Giant Food stores in Montgomery County are participating in the Martin Luther […]

I spy with my little eye some lofty promises around what looks like a candy bar. “Get 35% of your daily fiber, antioxidants Vitamin E and zinc, plus whole grains in this delicious flavor from the folks at Kellogg’s FiberPlus®. With tasty ingredients like real peanuts and peanut butter, plus a chocolatey drizzle on top […]

It’s almost like a traditional grocery store, but this Choice Pantry is in the basement of a church in Silver Spring and it allows Manna Food Center clients to fill their shopping carts with the items they really want to eat. MyMCMedia’s Krista Brick reports. It’s called a Choice Pantry and its a new model […]

Manna has been operating its Farm to Food Bank program since 2010 and values its close relationship with local and regional farmers. Each weekend from May through November Manna receives unsold produce from seven Montgomery County farmers markets.  Through this initiative, known as Fresh Give, these markets provide Manna with over 20,000 pounds of fresh […]

It’s SNAP Challenge week. SNAP is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly called Food Stamps. I—along with professionals and individuals from Maryland, DC, and Virginia—am attempting to shop for my household for one week on $33. While living on a food stamp budget for just a week cannot come close to the struggles Manna families […]

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” -Helen Keller The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce (GGCC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to giving back and supporting the community. Volunteering is an experience. It is truly gratifying to serve a cause, practice one’s ideals, work with people, solve problems, see benefits, and know […]

Rapid increases in poverty, coupled with the shifting demographics, have left many of our friends and neighbors in suburban Montgomery County struggling to pay for and provide food for their families. On this episode of  Connecting Our Community we will learn about an organization that is trying to meet this growing need. Host Pat Shoemaker is […]