NEWS
July 18, 2008
In the developing countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America, it's relatively easy to spot the youngsters suffering from malnutrition. They're the ones with the glassy eyes, toothpick arms and legs, and rags for clothing. But in Baltimore, hunger presents a different face: an overweight adolescent in T-shirt and jeans, or a sickly infant who turns up repeatedly in hospital emergency rooms. City health officials are taking the problem of malnutrition seriously, as food and fuel prices soar and more families lose homes and jobs.
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By Jonathan Bor | July 16, 2008
Nearly one in eight families taking children to the University of Maryland Medical Center's emergency room and primary care clinic lack enough food to ensure good nutrition - putting the youngsters at risk for growth and learning problems, a study has found. Acting on the finding, the city health department yesterday announced a plan to screen children for signs of hunger and to link families to food pantries and federal nutrition programs such as food stamps and Women Infants and Children.
NEWS
March 24, 2008
Imagine having only an average of $3 a day - or $1 per meal - to feed yourself. Food stamp recipients don't have to imagine it; that's roughly the daily benefit each person on the program receives. Congress can and should do better as it nears a final compromise agreement on the massive farm bill that's been in negotiations for months. Any desired increase won't end the need to deal with hunger in the nation and in Maryland, but it would certainly help. Reports released last year found that 12.65 million American households were "food insecure" in 2006 (up from 12.59 million in 2005)
NEWS
November 23, 2006
WORLD Casualties of war The toll of Iraqi civilians has mounted steadily in the country's unremitting violence and now takes an average of 120 lives each day, the United Nations reported in its bleakest assessment of noncombatant casualties since the U.S.-led invasion. October's toll of at least 3,709 civilian deaths was the highest so far. pg 1a NATIONAL Food pantries feed a need Food pantries are the most visible and accessible answer for many of the estimated 35 million Americans the U.S. Department of Agriculture classifies as food insecure.
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By Julie Scharper | November 23, 2006
Bill Ewing was unemployed and living in his Volkswagen van on April Fools' Day 1979 when his aunt dragged him to a celebration marking the start of a new charity, the Maryland Food Bank. Ewing, who had recently left his job as a teacher, was looking for something to do. The first food banks had just started popping up around the country, and the concept behind them - bringing food from big producers to small food pantries - intrigued him. He decided to volunteer for a few weeks. Now, Ewing is preparing to step down as executive director of the nonprofit organization.
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By FROM STAFF REPORTS | September 8, 2004
In Baltimore City Two men die in unrelated shootings in city Homicide detectives were investigating the fatal shooting last night of an unidentified man on the city's west side. Police were unable to say immediately the name or even age of the victim, who died at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center and became the city's 200th homicide victim for this year. They said the shooting was reported about 9:45 p.m. in the 800 block of W. Fayette St., but had no details by early today. Meanwhile, police also were investigating a fatal shooting late Monday outside a Northwest Baltimore drugstore.
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By Kate Shatzkin | December 31, 2003
After several disappointing years, the Maryland Food Bank reported a hefty boost in donations of canned and nonperishable goods during its 2003 holiday drive season - although officials said the increase will be used up quickly by people who need it. A "Stuff-a-Bus" drive conducted last month took in 85,591 pounds of food for the bank, which serves 900 soup kitchens and food pantries around the state. That take was 50 percent greater than the 56,990 pounds collected last year. The Ravens Family Food & Funds Drive brought in 15,604 pounds, compared with 13,158 last year and 4,179 the year before that.
NEWS
January 4, 2003
Giant extends drive to help stock food pantries Hoping to meet increasing demands at area food banks, Giant Food Inc. is extending its annual "Good Neighbor Food and Funds" campaign through the end of this month. The campaign was to end Dec. 31, but will run until Jan. 31 to benefit food pantries and soup kitchens, some of which reported in a recent survey that they are serving more families than ever. People can participate by donating nonperishable food or cash at participating Giant or Super G stores.
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By Peg Adamarczyk | November 15, 2002
A COMEDIC adaptation of Cinderella hits the stage this weekend at Northeast High School Eagles Auditorium as the Dionysus Drama Club presents its fall production of Billy St. John's Cindy Ella's Going to the Ball, Baby! Curtain times are at 7 p.m. today and tomorrow with a matinee at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Admission is $5. In this fractured fairy tale, poor Cindy wants to go to her senior prom at Castle Hill High and dance with the irresistible Joe, the object of Cindy's unrequited love. Our heroine's wicked stepmother and stepsisters do everything possible to discourage the teen-ager's attempts until a fairy godmother with an attitude and her crew of miracle workers show up to save the day. At the prom, Cindy finds love, not with Joe the cutie, but his best friend, Buddy.
NEWS
April 29, 2001
The U.S. Postal Service's Harvest for the Hungry food drive in Maryland collected 100,000 pounds of food in this year's campaign that ended March 31, five times the amount collected by its original deadline a week earlier. Bill Ewing, executive director of the Maryland Food Bank, credited postal workers who picked up goods from their mail customers and volunteer students who went door-to-door in some neighborhoods for the drive's success. The annual campaign to alleviate hunger across the state, in its 14th year, collected enough food for 80,000 meals.