MARYLAND FOOD BANK, STATE POLICE AND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION JOIN FORCES FOR HUNGER ACTION MONTH 2014

Charm City Run, Giant Food, and the Baltimore Ravens will also join the month-long effort to encourage Marylanders to “Be a Voice” to end hunger

BALTIMORE, MD – Despite a recovering economy, demand for food assistance continues to grow among working families in suburban and rural areas across the state of Maryland, according to the recent Hunger in America 2014 report from Feeding America.

With these statistics in mind, the Maryland Food Bank will join forces with the Maryland State Police, the Department of Transportation, and other law enforcement agencies to kick off Hunger Action Month 2014 on Wednesday, September 3. Throughout the month, Marylanders will have the opportunity to donate nonperishable items at police barracks and select Department of Transportation offices across the state, in addition to using the food bank’s new virtual food drive platform at https://fooddrive.mdfoodbank.org.

This kickoff event will mark the beginning of a month of activities designed to raise public awareness of hunger while inspiring unified activism, with additional Maryland institutions including Charm City Run, Giant Food and the Baltimore Ravens all getting involved. The centerpiece of Hunger Action Month is the food bank’s Be a Voice Campaign, an interactive, online multimedia collaboration urging Marylanders to use their voices to share stories, volunteer, and donate food and funds, all in an effort to help end hunger.

What:
Hunger Action Month Kick-Off Press Conference

When:
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 - 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Maryland Food Bank - 2200 Halethorpe Farms Road, Baltimore, MD 21227
* Please note: Halethorpe Farms Road is temporarily closed. Use Hollins Ferry Road as an alternate route to reach the Food Bank.

Who:
Deborah Flateman, President & CEO, Maryland Food Bank
Colonel Marcus L. Brown, Superintendent, Maryland State Police
Melinda B. Peters, Administrator, State Highway Administration

Visuals: Speakers and guests will fill out “speech bubbles” expressing in their own words why ending hunger is important to them. Backdrop will include the Maryland Food Bank warehouse and operations.