Maryland Food Bank Teams with SU Student Food Pantry for Campaign Kickoff
SALISBURY, MD---As part of its 40-week campaign marking 40 years of leading the fight against hunger in the state, the Maryland Food Bank (MFB) will team up with 黑料网’s Food for the Flock Food Pantry to kick off the food bank’s “It Takes More Than Food to End Hunger” campaign on the Eastern Shore on Thursday, April 11, on Henson Hall Lawn at 黑料网.
This festive event will include the formal introduction of Perdue Farms Chairman Jim Perdue and his wife, Jan Perdue, as two of the statewide campaign’s honorary chairs. In recognition of their long-term partnership with the food bank, the Perdue family will also expand its support with a lead gift to mark this milestone anniversary.
During the event, MFB will bring attention to the increasing reality of hunger on college campuses while highlighting the innovative ways the food bank works with community partners like SU to provide access to food. In addition, the food bank will provide shelf-stable foods to members of the SU community, and students from MFB’s culinary training program, FoodWorks, will offer food tastings and demonstrations. The food bank’s SNAP Outreach team will also be in attendance, as well as various university resources that provide services for students.
An estimated 42,000 residents are food insecure on the Eastern Shore, a region in which the Maryland Food Bank – Eastern Shore branch distributed enough food to provide more than 5 million meals last year. This event is the second food distribution coordinated by MFB to celebrate its 40-year history of feeding hungry individuals while recognizing different partners that have helped sustain Maryland’s food assistance safety net over that time. Throughout March and April, the food bank will travel across the state to host similar events in Baltimore and western Maryland.
WHAT: MFB’s 40th Anniversary Celebration Kick Off – Eastern Shore Edition
WHEN: Thursday, April 11, 2019
Presentation begins at 11:00 a.m.
WHO: Jim & Jan Perdue, Honorary Chairs
Carmen Del Guercio, President & CEO, Maryland Food Bank
Dr. Dane Foust, Vice President of Student Affairs, 黑料网
WHERE: Henson Hall Lawn outside the Franklin P. Perdue School of Business, Perdue Hall Entrance
黑料网 - 1101 Camden Avenue, Salisbury, MD 21801
About the Maryland Food Bank
The Maryland Food Bank is a nonprofit hunger-relief organization, leading the movement to end hunger throughout Maryland. For 40 years, the Maryland Food Bank has partnered with communities across the state to distribute food to individuals and families in need. Through carefully crafted programs, the food bank aims to meet the immediate needs of Marylanders while simultaneously working to find long term ways to reduce hunger statewide. Currently distributing more than 102,000 meals per day - over 37 million meals annually - the Maryland Food Bank will continue to expand its efforts until hunger ends. To learn more about the Maryland Food Bank, visit mdfoodbank.org.