The roughly 68,000 Montgomery County residents who receive monthly Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will not have their cards refilled with any money for their November allotment as part of… Read More
Food insecurity in the Washington, D.C., region continues to rise. According to the newly released 2025 Hunger Report by Capital Area Food Bank, 35% of Montgomery County residents are dealing… Read More
The new domestic policy bill President Trump signed into law on July 4 will likely have a major impact on lower income, elderly residents, and people with disabilities. The law… Read More
The Trump Administration’s recent cuts to several programs concerning food insecurity could find Manna Food Center in Gaithersburg with at least 100,000 fewer dollars and an ever-increasing waitlist for people… Read More
Former Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice was chosen as the new CEO of Manna Food Center. He succeeds Jackie DeCarlo, who retired at the end of 2024 after 11 years… Read More
Updated at 5 p.m. to add remarks from Heather Bois Bruskin, Montgomery County Director of Office of Food Systems Resilience _____________________________________ After 11 years leading the largest community-based organization striving… Read More
AfriThrive started five years ago to help feed food insecure people of African descent. Since then, it has grown into an organization that delivers food to 300 family’s weekly while… Read More
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen toured Nourishing Bethesda Friday morning, learning about its Choice Market and helping distribute a Thanksgiving dinner to local families. Nourishing Bethesda was founded in 2020… Read More
The City of Rockville soon will unveil its new logo – Rise Together – in its continuing effort to recover from the pandemic. “The future is bright, and I know… Read More
34% of Montgomery County households were food insecure before May 2023 and May 2024, according to the Capital Area Food Bank, which issued its Hunger Report Thursday. In the previous… Read More
In less than one month, participants in MC Groceries, Montgomery County’s newest program to fight food insecurity and childhood hunger, already placed more than 700 grocery orders using their Instacart… Read More
Jackie DeCarlo, who has led Manna Food Center for 11 years, announced Tuesday she will step down at the end of the year. As CEO of Manna, DeCarlo has been… Read More