HUNGER ACTION MONTH ENDS WITH OFFICIAL WEIGH-INS

Maryland State Police and Department of Transportation to close out month-long effort encouraging Marylanders to donate food

BALTIMORE, MD – Representatives from the Maryland State Police and the Maryland Department of Transportation will assemble Tuesday at Maryland Food Bank sites across the state to officially weigh food donations collected statewide throughout Hunger Action Month.

During September, all Maryland State Police barracks as well as select State Highway Administration buildings, Motor Vehicle Administration offices and inspection stations, Maryland Transportation Authority toll plazas, and sites including BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport and the Port of Baltimore, all participated in the statewide food drive. In addition to these locations, Marylanders were able to donate food through the food bank’s new virtual food drive platform at https://fooddrive.mdfoodbank.org.

Maryland State Troopers and other allied law enforcement agencies, assisted by personnel from the State Highway Administration, will caravan the food donations to one of three regional food bank locations on Tuesday. Representatives from the organizations will be on site for photos while donations are unloaded and officially weighed. Results are expected to be announced later in the afternoon.

WHAT:
Hunger Action Month 2014 Final Food Donation Weigh-In

WHEN:
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 – 2:00 p.m.

WHERE
& WHO:
Maryland Food Bank – 2200 Halethorpe Farms Road, Baltimore, MD 21227
- Colonel Marcus L. Brown, Superintendent, Maryland State Police
- Melinda B. Peters, Administrator, State Highway Administration
- John May, Senior Vice President of Operations, Maryland Food Bank

Eastern Shore:
Maryland Food Bank – Eastern Shore: 28500 Owens Branch Road, Salisbury, MD 21801
- Captain Ron Lewis, Eastern Troop Commander, Maryland State Police
- Donnie Drewer, State Highway Administration, District Engineer
- Jennifer Small, Managing Director, Maryland Food Bank

Western Maryland:
Maryland Food Bank – Western Branch: 220 McRand Court, Hagerstown, MD 21740
- Captain Ira Click, Western Troop Commander, Maryland State Police
- Anthony Crawford & Mark Crampton, State Highway Administration, District Engineers
- Matt Thompson, Managing Director, Maryland Food Bank