Maryland Food Bank

Taylor DuvallDesiree Sojourner

April Lee

MissionO Mission statement - To lead the movement and nurture

the belief that together we can improve the lives of Marylanders by ending hunger. 

O Goals - narrowing the hunger gap by finding more food and better ways to distribute the food to our network

O Create a movement to end hunger

HistoryO  Founded in 1979 to coordinate the procurement

and distribution of food donations from manufac-turers, wholesalers, retailers and government agencies to organizations providing free food to the state's hungry.

O The Maryland Food Bank started out providing food to 38 network partners, mostly in Baltimore City. Today, they serve more than 600 food providers statewide, including soup kitchens, food pantries, emergency shelters, after-school pro-grams, senior centers, and other feeding programs

Social problemO Food insecurity – measure of

lack of access to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members and lim-ited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods.

O According to the 2011 Census, there are more than 530,000 Marylanders living be-low the federal poverty level.  

O Hunger Gap and uneven distri-bution of food

Our experienceO Sorting out the prod-

ucts by category through the conveyor system

O Packaging assorted food, health products, beauty products etc

O Checking expiration dates

O Assembling boxes and packages

Our experience

Our experience

ImpactO Products that we sorted out will be sent

out to the Marylanders in need within 1-2 weeks

O The Maryland Food Bank provides food to approximately 600,000 hungry Mary-landers a week with the support of our volunteers.

O In Fiscal Year 2011, the Maryland Food Bank distributed more than 23 million pounds of food.

CreditsO Presenter/photographer- Taylor Du-

vallO Reporter/photographer - Desiree So-

journerO Researcher/coordinator - April Lee