We are excited to welcome Sandra to our board, and thankful to Business Volunteers Maryland for their community programs to help enhance nonprofits and the strength of our community. Business Volunteers Maryland Announcement: CONGRATULATIONS to Sandra Shon, Senior Manager for Data...
Tom shared one of his many talents to help our new hub space look incredible. From creating and installing wall logos to designing a step-and-repeat backdrop for in-kind donation drop-offs and special events, his work is already making a big impact! We are so thankful to see our new space...
Thank you to The Park School of Baltimore for using winter break camp as an opportunity to teach students the importance of community and giving back. Together, students and staff packed weekend food bags to help ensure students in Baltimore County have meals over the weekend. Experiences like...
In the final installment of our look back for our 10th anniversary year, let’s take a birds-eye view of what we have accomplished together. The first students that we helped ten years ago are adults now, and some have children of their own. The impacts that we have made through weekend meals, a...
We are incredibly grateful to the Baltimore County Department of Health for hosting a hygiene and household supply drive at their office and donating a carload of essential items! Because of their generosity, students across Baltimore County will have access to the hygiene and household basics...
This week—and into early next week—we’re holding our winter fresh food distributions at all 21 Network schools to help ensure students and families have nutritious food over the holiday break when school meals aren’t available. Here’s what that impact looks like: 1,425 dozen eggs 1,565 loaves...
This week, the amazing PTA President at Owings Mills High School was shopping at Wegmans when she spotted a great deal on cereal. With students in mind, she filled her cart to stock OMHS’s Room of Support (lovingly known as “The Nest”), knowing it would help feed students in need. As she...
This week, our staff, volunteers, and Board members came together to pack 519 weekend food bags for families across our community. These bags will help ensure children have access to food over the holiday break, when school breakfasts and lunches aren’t available. A huge shoutout to Tom Sparks...
We are beyond grateful to Tom and Katherine Ritterhoff for their incredibly generous donations of winter wear! Their support has helped provide: Winter coats (from kids’ small through adult 2XL) Sweatshirts & warm pants Winter hats & gloves Their dedication to ensuring that no student...
We’re honored to share that our founder, Dr. Laurie Taylor-Mitchell, was featured on WYPR’s Midday with Tom Hall discussing food insecurity and poverty impacting students in Baltimore County. In the segment, Dr. Taylor-Mitchell shares how the Student Support Network has spent the last 10 years...
Great news! Our friends at Cockeysville Grocery Outlet are hosting a food/hygiene item drive box for us during the month of December! If you are in the Cockeysville area and want to help us restock our shelves, we have a donation point set up at Cockeysville Grocery Outlet at the front registers...
Yesterday, our Program Manager and Executive Director visited three of our incredible school sites (Mars Estates, Battle Monument and Dundalk HS)—and even though the cold air rolled in and flurries were flying, our hearts couldn’t have been warmer. Seeing our school liaisons and volunteers...