Volunteers Making A Difference In Charm City
ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Larry Hogan today announced that over $250,000 has been donated to charities helping in the relief efforts following this week’s riots and looting in Baltimore City. In addition, over 2,600 volunteers have gone to Baltimore City to help clean up, and many more are joining in the governor’s “Maryland Unites” effort to provide assistance, food, and donations to those directly affected by the week’s events.
“I am so proud of our volunteers,” said Governor Hogan. “People all across the state are coming to Baltimore, picking up bags and brooms and cleaning up, delivering food and supplies to those in need, donating their hard-earned money to charities, and just providing a shoulder to lean on during this tough time.”
“Over 700 people have signed up to help through the Maryland Unites website, as well as through the Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives (GOCI) website,” said GOCI director Steven McAdams. “Through GOCI, the Governor’s Office on Service and Volunteerism (GOSV), and the governor’s Maryland Unites Web portals, every day, hundreds of Marylanders have asked how they can help. We are diligently working to help place citizens interested in volunteering with organizations requesting assistance.”
Today, the Maryland Food Bank made deliveries to food pantries in the following areas: Mondawmin, Druid Hill, Pimlico, Forest Park, Union Square, Howard Park, and Irvington. An estimated 1,500-2,500 cases of food (approximately 31,500 - 52,500 pounds) of primarily frozen chicken, canned goods, and water have been delivered. If more food is needed, approximately 30 pantry programs will get food shipments from the Food Bank over the weekend.
Governor Hogan launched the “Maryland Unites” Web page last Tuesday, as a way to provide information and encourage the public to lend a helping hand to the Baltimore community. Click here: www.marylandunites.org
7 comments:
I fail to see what this will accomplish , other than saying "screw up a city and we will clean up after you thugs".
I will not bend to this culture of lawlessness.
I am too ashamed of Baltimore to be able to muster any kind of pride or pity. And certainly not my money.
I guess I am glad people are volunteering and giving, however, for what? For those "thugs" to do it all over again? I think not. Mayor of Baltimore, you should be absolutely ashamed of yourself for giving them the ok to tear up, burn and loot. Nope, don't think I want to donate to any of that.
I agree with the above comments, but I do have to agree that Governor Hogan is the best Governor that we have had in 8 years. I hate to even imagine what Baltimore and the rest of the State would have looked like if O'Malley was still in office. The Stand Down would have been still in effect and the city wold have looked like a war zone.
Then the great Martial Law would have been put in place and your Commie/Socialist Prez would have been in Heaven.
Can anyone recommend a good carryout in Baltimore? The CVS didn't reopen.
The volunteering and aid will help those who did not riot, but were hurt by it. Remember that MOST of the people in Baltimore and in those neighborhoods did NOT riot, like the mother who yanked her son off the street, giving him "the riot act."
As for best governor in 8 years, I like Hogan better than Ehrlich and a bunch who proceeded him.
Sounds good 9:52 but all those people who didn't riot still condoned the riots but prefacing everything they said with "I understand their anger and the frustration" and that is wrong.
They are making excuses and justifying the thugs.
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