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The Student Support Network improves the lives of Baltimore County students living in poverty by providing food, other basic necessities, and advocacy support.
To see a video describing our important work, click the button below.
“Talent is equally distributed, opportunity is not.”
–Leila Janah, social entrpreneur
Student Support Network Update
Between March 20, 2020 (when schools closed) and February 21, 2021 the Network has:
- Distributed almost $3.5 million in food and essential supplies
- Provided the food equivalent of over 2.3 million meals
- Provided almost $104,000 in diapers and baby products and over $68,000 in period products as part of the essential supplies
- Mailed almost $200,000 in grocery gift cards to students and their families in dire need or who cannot access distribution sites
- Been the recipient of 8,875 volunteer hours at distribution sites
Your contribution has made these great accomplishments possible and helps us continue this work. Thank you!
The Network Is Now One Of AmazonSmile’s Non-Profit Partners
When you shop at AmazonSmile and designate Student Support Network, Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases to the Network at no cost to you! Another way to support the Network! Here’s the link.
The Student Support Network’s Emergency Grocery Card Distribution was one of twenty-one programs in the nation — and the only one in Maryland — selected by Share Our Strength/No Kid Hungry for their new report, “Innovations in Child Nutrition Programs During COVID-19 and Beyond.” The Network was recognized specifically for “Innovations in Meals Served” for mailing grocery gift cards to families that could not access the weekly food and essential products distribution sites.
As of December 29, 2020 the Network has mailed or distributed almost $169,000 in grocery gift cards, with many students and families depending on them to purchase food and other essential supplies.
To read the report, click here
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The Student Support Network is a registered non-profit 501(c) (3) tax-exempt charitable organization. All contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.
Student Support Network
1740 E. Joppa Road Suite 200
Baltimore MD 21234