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...
The team from T. Rowe Price in Owings Mills collected and bagged non-perishable Thanksgiving sides, which we will soon distribute among our 20 network schools. We are so grateful for their kindness and support!...
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...
Thank you to Concordia Preparatory School for collecting over 600 non-perishable food items for Loch Raven High School’s Room of Support, The Haven, as well as providing a generous donation! Our lead volunteers were there to greet them and stated “we are very grateful, as this filled...
Welcome to Woodlawn High School, our 20th Network member school! Woodlawn High has 1,696 students in grades 9-12, and is a Title I school with over 65% of the students qualified for Free and Reduced-Price Meals (FARMS) and in need of basic supplies. WHS Principal Jernigan is very excited about...
Thank you to SECU – Maryland and Business Volunteers of America for creating and donating birthday bags for our students! The project was part of SECU’s Kindness Campaign, which aims to spread kindness and inspire others to do the same. We are so grateful because the birthday bags are...
The Network is so proud of two students from our Network partner schools, Cockeysville Middle School and Dumbarton Middle School, who were announced as winners in the Foundation of BCPL’s spine-tingling short story contest! To read their stories, click on their title links below. From the...
The staff and board of the Student Support Network are thrilled to announce its receipt of a major federal grant. A one-million-dollar, one-time operating grant has been funded by the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Relief Fund (SLFRF), a part of the American Rescue Plan, which is designed to...