Kaiser Permanente donates $15K to Rainbow Communit

Daily Record Staff//September 11, 2020//

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Officials with area nonprofit groups and Kaiser Permanente practice social distancing during a $15,000 donation presentation from Kaiser Permanente to the Rainbow Community Development Center. From left and front to back are the Rev. Patricia Drumming, executive director of the Rainbow Community Development Center; Pastor Horace Drumming, Rainbow Community Development Center; Marla Caplon, director of student wellness initiatives with Montgomery County Public Schools; George L. Leventhal, Ph.D., director of community health with Kaiser Permanente; Jewru Bandeh, regional director for Montgomery County with the East County Regional Services Office; Michelle Caruso, program manager with Alliance for a Healthier Generation; Montgomery County Councilmember Tom Hucker; Council Vice President Patrick M. Campbell, senior planning manager in the Office of Emergency Management and Mass Care Operations with Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services. (Courtesy of Rainbow Community Development Center).

Representatives from Montgomery County, nonprofit organizations and Kaiser Permanente gathered for a socially-distant celebration of a $15,000 donation made by Kaiser Permanente to the Rainbow Community Development Center (Rainbow CDC).

The contribution supports the nonprofit Rainbow CDC’s efforts to address food insecurity in Montgomery County through a robust food pantry and food distribution service for those in need. With the additional funds, Rainbow CDC is able to purchase a commercial-grade refrigerator and additional storage to expand the organization’s food storage capacity.

This donation is an extension of a long-standing partnership between Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance for a Healthier Generation to support student wellness initiatives through Montgomery County Public Schools. When grant-funded school programming was canceled due to the pandemic, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation helped Kaiser Permanente pivot their donation to the Rainbow CDC to support the pressing and growing need to fight hunger in our community.