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October 25, 2012
Shining the Light on After-school Nutrition Programs
The Vansville Community Center is one of 14 new recreation centers offering after-school meals in Maryland under the sponsorship of the Capital Area Food Bank.
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September 24, 2012
AmeriCorps Volunteers Welcomed by CAFB
We're happy to welcome three people who have committed themselves to one year of service to the food bank as AmeriCorps volunteers by way of the Episcopal Service Corps.
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July 9, 2012
Free Summer Meals for Children and Teens
Help the Capital Area Food Bank spread the word about where children and teens can eat for free this summer.
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June 26, 2012
Support Homeland Food Security This Summer
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, over 16 million youth face “food insecurity” year-round.
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June 21, 2012
Larry Hill’s Food Pantry Provides Necessary Services
When Larry hears stories of clients who have to eat cat food, it strengthens his resolve to build community networks with the pantry.
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June 20, 2012
Mobile Food Pantry Sustains Lives
Whenever Partner Distributions Coordinator Daniel Nat-Davies feels overwhelmed by his day-to-day agendas, he thinks back to people and especially families he’s met.
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June 18, 2012
Food Bank Closed Tuesday, June 19
On Tuesday, June 19th, the Capital Area Food Bank is limiting service in order to collect 150 thousand pounds of food from the Fancy Food Show.
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June 7, 2012
Bread for the City Provides Stability
Bread for the City is one of the Capital Area Food Bank’s largest and most successful partner agencies.
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May 30, 2012
Forced to Choose: Housing, Medicine or Food
After a lifetime of contributing to society, many seniors often live on fixed incomes and are forced to make impossible decisions like choosing between paying for prescriptions or buying groceries.
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May 25, 2012
Everyday Heroes
McKinley Crudup, Executive Director of Food Pantry Operations at Allen Chapel AME, manages one of the food bank’s mobile pantry distribution sites and helps feed over 2000 people a week.