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The Network Advocates For Funding Of Three Critical Baltimore County Programs
On January 25, 2022, we attended the first town hall meeting on the County budget (District 2) and made the following statement in support of full funding for three critical anti-hunger and anti-poverty programs. For a schedule of these Council budget hearings and how...
State Funding For Summer SNAP For Children Increased!
Great News! Tam Lynne Kelley, Chair of the Advocacy Committee, and Laurie Taylor-Mitchell, President, have been working over the past few weeks to advocate for increased financial support for anti-hunger and anti-poverty programs. The attached "Road Map to End Hunger"...
Student Support Network Welcomes New Board Member
Welcome to our newest board member, Veneeta Eason! Veneeta comes to us from BD Integrated Diagnostic Solutions, headquartered in Sparks, MD, bringing with her an impressive skill set in marketing and strategic growth. Read on to learn about why the Network’s mission...
Baltimore County Weis Markets Presented The Network With A Check
Baltimore County Weis Markets presented the Network with a check for the funds they raised on Giving Tuesday 2021! Eight Baltimore County Weis stores each donated $500 plus money raised at the register via their customer donations. Thank you to all the Baltimore...
Friends School Participated in MLK Day of Service
Students and parents from Friends School of Baltimore participated in MLK Day of Service this morning by knitting hats and scarves for our Network schools. If you've stepped outside today, you know much this will help our kids when they stand at the bus stop and go...
JHU Presented Their MLK Jr. Community Service Award to Network Volunteer
Johns Hopkins University and Medicine presented their MLK Jr. Community Service Award to nine people recently and we are SO PROUD to share that our Period Program Coordinator, Phoebe Evans Letocha, is one of them! We have been impressed by Phoebe's tireless efforts to...
Join Our Food Waste Challenge
Did your mother say “Eat your ________, there are hungry kids in __________” at the dinner table growing up? It didn’t make sense to me as a child -- after all, if I didn’t eat my grilled cheese in Maryland, a hungry little girl 8,000 miles away wasn’t going to get...
A Creative Collaborator: Lola Russell, LCSW-C
Lola Russell, LCSW-C, is a school social worker at Stemmers Run Middle School in Essex, Maryland. Her mission is to help sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students learn to manage their emotions and gain insight into their emotions and behavior, ultimately to achieve...
The Person Behind our First Partnership: Caryn Putchat
When I sent that fateful message out on NextDoor in early December of 2015, asking for volunteers to help five families in need at Loch Raven High School, I had absolutely no idea what would happen. When my mailbox exploded for the next few days and donations came...