Marylanders donated more than 473,000 pounds of food for the needy during the U.S. Postal Service's Have a Heart for the LTC Hungry/Harvest for the Hungry campaign Feb. 10-14, organizers reported.
Here are the amounts of food received and weighed through Wednesday by the Maryland Food Bank's central office in Baltimore and affiliate and satellite food banks elsewhere in the state:
Food bank... ... ... ... ... Food/lbs.
Md. Food Bank... ... ... ... . 294,000
Harford County... ... ... ... . 44,767
Anne Arundel... ... ... ... ... 35,000
Salisbury... ... ... ... ... .. 31,411
Howard County... ... ... ... .. 30,000
Carroll County... ... ... ... . 15,300
W. Md. (Cumberland)... ... ... .12,469
Cecil County... ... ... ... ... .6,100
Hagerstown... ... ... ... ... .. 2,575
Garrett County... ... ... ... .. 1,500
Total... ... ... ... ... ... . 473,122
Food can still be donated at special bins set up in many Maryland post offices. The Maryland Food Bank continues to need volunteers to sort and package food for delivery to area pantries and programs for the needy. Information: 947-0404.
