The 28th Annual Ravens Family Food & Funds Drive, presented by Safeway, will augment the collection efforts when the Ravens visit the Seattle Seahawks at M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday, Nov. 5. MFB volunteers will solicit gifts of cash and non-perishable food outside each gate entry of M&T Bank Stadium prior to kickoff, which is scheduled between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Additionally, MFB will be on RavensWalk, taking donations by debit and credit cards. The food bank’s statewide network of community partners will calculate and distribute the final pounds gathered. Von Paris Moving & Storage is another sponsor of the 28th Annual Ravens Family Food & Funds Drive. They will move all donated goods from the stadium to the MFB.
Tuesday Telethon Giving
On Tuesday, Nov. 28, the Maryland Food Bank will broadcast its annual Giving Tuesday Telethon in collaboration with WBAL-TV 11, WBAL NewsRadio, and 98 Rock. Viewers and listeners of the program will be urged to call and donate throughout the day in order to support the distribution of wholesome food to Marylanders in need during the holidays and throughout the year. Watch WBAL-TV during the day to find out how you can help.
Maryland Food Bank (MFB) Fast Facts:
- The Maryland Food Bank is a nonprofit hunger-relief organization dedicated to feeding people, strengthening communities, and ending hunger for more Marylanders.
- For more than 40 years, MFB has been leading the fight against hunger in the state, and longtime collaborative partnerships with organizations like the Baltimore Ravens have been instrumental to this work.
- MFB estimates that up to 2 million Marylanders may face food insecurity–that’s 1 in 3 residents who don’t have regular access to healthy meals.
- The food bank supports a food assistance network of more than 360 community organizations statewide that collectively provide nearly 1,100 distribution points — food pantries, emergency shelters, schools, and senior residences — with much-needed food for their local communities.
- Last year, the food bank’s statewide food assistance network distributed more than 41 million meals, the equivalent of 114,000 meals per day. MFB will continue to meet the immediate needs of vulnerable communities while collaborating with partners to provide resources beyond food and address root causes of hunger so that more Marylanders can become financially stable and thrive.
- MFB will continue to meet the immediate needs of vulnerable communities while collaborating with partners to provide resources beyond food and address root causes of hunger so that more Marylanders can become financially stable and thrive.
- MFB is mostly in need of healthy non-perishable food items, including canned proteins like tuna, chicken and peanut butter, canned low sugar fruits and low sodium vegetables, shelf-stable milk, breakfast items, rice and pasta.