Food Drive

Blind Industries and Services of Maryland Seeks Help from the Community to Reach Food Drive Goal

Salisbury, MD – Blind Industries and Services of Maryland’s (BISM) Fabric Cutting facility in Salisbury is wrapping up its year-long food drive with a final push in the month of November. Since last November, the BISM Fabric Cutting employees have collected over 3,200 food items for the non-profit Joseph House of the Little Sisters of Jesus & Mary in Salisbury. We are now asking the entire Eastern Shore community to help us reach our goal of over 3,500 food items for the year. Non-perishable food items can be dropped off at BISM Fabric Cutting between 6:30 am and 2:30 pm Monday-Friday. We are located at 1303 Old Ocean City Road, Salisbury, MD 21804. If you have any questions about the food drive or would like to set up a time for food drop-off, please call Andrew Larmore at 410-749-4305. The Joseph House provides emergency and on-going assistance for Eastern Shore families in need. The Joseph House has a dining room where they serve hot lunch as well as a food pantry for those most in need of food. The Little Sisters of Jesus & Mary have recently fallen on hard times and had to close the Joseph House by the Sea, a retail store formerly located in Ocean City. Last March, BISM received a letter from the Little Sisters of Jesus and Mary. The following is a portion of the letter: “We deeply appreciate your generous donation of the abundance of food to help those in need. The outpouring of love and generosity that we have received from your employees has been awesome. There are so many that go to bed hungry at night. The only meal some of them receive is given to them at our center.” The Fabric Cutting plant has been in operation for about 13 years and is one of two BISM facilities in Salisbury. There are approximately 35 employees at the location, many of whom are blind or visually impaired, and our primary business is cutting fabric for military uniforms. We currently are cutting fabric for the redesigned Outer Tactical Vest (OTV), a bulletproof vest that is now easier to remove for medics in the field. We also are cutting the fabric for trousers and coats for the newly designed Army Combat Uniform (ACU). Interested media outlets can contact Rob Ennamorato at 410-737-2615 to arrange a media interview at BISM’s Fabric Cutting facility.

To learn more about Blind Industries and Services of Maryland, please visit http://www.bism.org/.