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Towson University Grad Student Supports Network Students
Graduate students are busy people, but Towson University grad student Chloe was not too busy to help out the Network! Chloe partnered with Towson University's Health Services, the Center for Student Diversity, and the Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Prevention...
Student Support Network Welcomes New Board Member
We have welcomed a few new board members to help us as we grow and continue to carry out our mission to help Baltimore County students in need. Meet our new member-at-large, Shalini Morgan! Not only is Shalini a BCPS alum, she has also served the BCPS community...
Weis Markets and Student Support Network: A Wise Partnership!
When we sat down with Rob Santoni, Manager of the Weis Markets location in Fullerton Plaza, our first order of business was to seek the answer to a question that has been on Baltimore County residents’ minds since the grocery chain started expanding across our region...
The Network Welcomes New Board Member
Welcome to the Network Board of Directors, Michael Patz! Michael, Principal at KLNB Commercial Real Estate, lent us his business expertise even before joining the board by creating this heat map of our Network schools and the concentrations of poverty in the County....
BCPS And The Network See Dramatic Increase In Levels Of Need
Over the past 15 years, the percentage of BCPS students in low-income families* has increased by 60%, from 33% in 2006-07 to 53% in 2020-21. (*Students in low-income families are defined as those that qualify for free or reduced-price school meals, F/R). 📈All...
Shocked by Kindness: Ms. Segura’s Reflections
In any network, an array of parts or people are needed to accomplish the system’s purpose. This is certainly true at the Student Support Network, which wouldn’t function without a variety of volunteers, school principals and administrators, donors, staff members,...
Advocacy: A Primer on Food Insecurity
Did you know that the Student Support Network has a new Advocacy Committee? Our first meeting will be on Monday, November 22 at 7:30 and we'd love for you to join us! One of our goals is to expand access to healthy food and other basic necessities that children and...
A Valued Volunteer: Chris Diehl
Chris Diehl has done a lot for our neighborhood (the Chatterleigh Association) but one of her greatest contributions to the well-being of hundreds of children was surely her service to the Student Support Network, especially in the early days when it barely existed....
Student Support Network Announces Our 2021-2022 Campaign: Back To School, Still In Need
After COVID-19 forced students to learn from home for more than a year, they are now back to school in-person! However, as "normal" as life may seem again for some of us, many students are still living in a state of great and urgent need. We aim to meet the increased...