Montgomery Community Media

Thanks to all the Ride On bus riders this week, we’ve started picking up bins from Ride On’s Give and Ride food drive, and boy are they heavy! Imagine three large bins full of cans – or take a look! That’s 3,087 pounds of cans collected by Ride On drivers just this week. We’ll pick […]

Nataly Astorima, a Public Health Science student at the University of Maryland College Park, interned with Manna over the last few months. She worked with our nutritionist Jenna Umbriac to do surveys of our clients and speak to the community. Check out her experiences! Over the past 5 months, I have had the privilege of […]

During the spring and early summer, the non-perishable donations slow down here at Manna Food Center. In the high holiday times, so many think of their hungry neighbors and drop off non-perishable items at our doors, but after the holidays, people tend to forget that there is still hunger in Montgomery County. In April alone, […]

Ride On bus passengers can help needy families and receive a free bus ride by donating canned or nonperishable food during Ride On’s annual food drive. The food drive, started by a group of bus drivers over 20 years ago, goes from Sunday, April 22, through Saturday April 28, 2012. During the week, food collection […]

Although I’ve been at Manna for nearly 2 years now, I still get looks of confusion or surprise when I tell people I work at a food bank. Because I am a dietitian, folks anticipate that I will describe my work at a local hospital or private practice or maybe even directing a school cafeteria.  […]

The kids at Bullis School did their annual cereal drive, and yesterday Manna received 1,367 boxes of cereal! It was an amazing haul for Manna, and ended up being 2,230 pounds of food for our clients. They filled the entire truck! Thank you to the great team at Bullis for helping us re-stock our shelves […]

This weekend, the Sugarloaf Crafts Festival takes over the Gaitherburg-based Montgomery County Fairgrounds! The festival presents over 250 top artisans selling their wares throughout the fairgrounds, including furniture, jewelry, and specialty items for the ones you love. “In addition to top national artists, the Festival will also introduce new and emerging artists showcasing the latest […]

The Montgomery County Muslim Foundation (MCMF) is holding the second half of their food drive this weekend at local Giant Food stores! Last weekend brought in thousands of pounds of food for Manna, and we hope this weekend will be even more of a success. Last year, the MCMF brought in over 10,000 pounds of […]

Montgomery County Media is putting together a great look at a day in the life of Montgomery County. Our photos will be on the MyMCMedia’s main page, but here’s a peek at a day in the life of Manna: From food gathered at grocery stores, sorted by volunteers, packed into boxes, and distributed to clients! […]

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 […]