66% of BCPS students now qualify for free or reduced meals, a significant increase from 44% just five years ago. Founder, Laurie Taylor-Mitchell, and supporter, Yara Cheikh, talk to WYPR about this critical issue impacting local families. To read the interview, click...
Baltimore County has updated its list of food pantries, with addresses, schedules of operation, and in some cases, contact information. For the complete list of food pantries, click...
Every day the Student Support Network strives to honor Dr. King’s dream of equity and lifting of those who are most in need. We were happy to partner with United Way of Central Maryland today in honor of the MLK Day of Service in Celebration of Wes Moore and Aruna Miller’s...
The recent news of the massive jump in BCPS students qualifying for free and reduced meals shook us — and it validated all of the hard work we put in during fiscal year 2021-22 to strengthen our organization and build capacity for future growth and sustainability. From launching our major...
As you can see, we’ve been busy! Last week our staff members accepted a delivery of 8 pallets worth of period products from U by Kotex and Alliance For Period Supplies for this donation! We are excited to start distributing these pads to students and the Student Support Student Support Network...
Crisi Suarez and Cari Santiago are identical twin sisters. They look alike, they sound alike, and they even serve alike. Both having been active PTA members for several years at their children’s’ respective schools (Crisi’s son goes to Carney Elementary School and Cari’s son and daughter...
A heartfelt thank you to the many hands and hearts that played a role in impacting the lives of the students in our network schools this holiday season! We especially want to thank these organizations for providing a little extra cheer these last few weeks: The members of the Towson and...
Our Program Manager, Kelly, shared a note that one of our Lead Volunteers had sent her about the huge impact of a seemingly small item. Thank you for helping make independence possible for a student who must often feel powerless! ...
Need a podcast to listen to? Check out our Founder, Laurie Taylor-Mitchell, and our Executive Director, Rina Rhyne, talking with T.J. Smith of the 2BMore podcast about the impact of poverty in Baltimore County and the work of the Network to help students in need in Baltimore County. To listen,...
We have so much to be thankful for this year! We were able to provide turkeys, fresh produce, and canned goods to our Network schools thanks to a great effort from our community! We are so grateful to: Weis Markets for delivering to our schools and for their donation of gift cards for...
Baltimore County has updated its list of food pantries, with addresses, schedules of operation, and in some cases, contact information. For the complete list of food pantries, click...
We are so grateful to the many people and organizations that partner with us to improve the lives of our Network students and families. A special shout out to three of them this week: Hollenshade’s does it again! Not only did they help a mom in need with a car issue, they worked with a...