There is an important new presentation titled “The Effects of Poverty and Food Insecurity on Education in Baltimore County & the Mission of the Student Support Network“, by Dr. Laurie Taylor-Mitchell, Founder, SSN and Tam Lynne Kelley, LMSW, Advocacy Committee Chair. It details the devastating...
SSN Executive Director Wendy Stringfellow, Program Manager Kelly Sage and Program Coordinator Helen Dyer visited Network Rooms of Support at Woodlawn HS, Parkville HS, and Dundalk HS today. Our partner schools are doing excellent work providing food and basic necessities to students in need in...
In partnership with the United Way of Central Maryland and the Maryland Department of Service and Civic Innovation, The Network hosted an amazing group of volunteers! On this national day of service, honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., our volunteers helped to pack menstrual products for our...
We are so grateful for Towson University and their Health Education and Promotion Center for their recent donation of period products! Period poverty is an issue of public and personal health, dignity, and well being. These period products will help to ensure that our network students have...
WMAR interviewed Ron McDade, Network Board President, about the new Baltimore County Food Pantry Locator map. According to WMAR, “BCSTAT- the county’s data team – has launched an online Food Pantry Locator, which maps out all the county’s partner food distribution sites...
We are so thankful for our partnership with Constellation! Employees recently packed 150 weekend food bags for our network schools. This generous donation ensures that students in our network schools have nutritious meals on the weekends, when schools are not in session. Not only did Constellation...
We’ve been busy getting ready for BCPS’ winter break! HUGE thank you to the Loyola Blakefield community for collecting non-perishable food to benefit the network. These items will be used to pack weekend food bags for our network schools. Thank...
We are thrilled to announce that the Student Support Network has hired a new Executive Director! The Board and Staff welcome Wendy Stringfellow, a deeply experienced leader of Maryland nonprofit organizations. In addition to her experience, Wendy has consistently shared her passion for our...
Our shelves are feeling pretty bare as we roll into the busy holiday season. If you are out and about and able to pick up any of the listed items, we would be extremely appreciative! Open drop off hours are on Wednesdays from 4:30pm-6pm as well as Saturdays from 10am—11am. Our warehouse/Hub is...
Thanks to a generous donation from our partner @soles4souls, students in our network schools will have access to new shoes and socks! Our amazing volunteers have been hard at work sorting and organizing. These shoes and socks will play a vital role in the students’ ability to fully participate and...
Answer: They are priceless if they are “heat maps” showing the concentration of poverty in Baltimore County. A years-long dream to create maps showing poverty concentrations, legislative districts, and the locations of public schools in Baltimore County has become a reality. These...
Another successful Raven’s Caw to Action Day!!! Yesterday’s incredible team of volunteers, coordinated by United Way, packed 300 weekend food bags! The bags are full of non-perishable food items that were generously donated to us from Wegmans in Hunt Valley. These weekend food bags play a vital...