Aetna, a CVS Health company, Monday announced it will give $100,000 in essential rides for families in school districts in Baltimore, as well as Chicago, Denver and Seattle, in collaboration with the National School Boards Association (NSBA) and Lyft to help families this school ...

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Howard County Executive Calvin Ball has announced the launch of a new program, “RecZone,” operated by the Department of Recreation & Parks (HCRP) and designed to help families address childcare needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program is open to students in grades K-5 who will receive support for virtual learning assignments, work sessions, and will ...

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The Baltimore Station, an organization that provides individuals who suffer from homelessness and substance abuse disorder with residential and outpatient treatment programs, will host a Major League Movie Night, sponsored by the Baltimore Orioles, Aug. 27 at Bengies Drive-In Theatre to raise money to ...

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Howard County Executive Calvin Ball Thursday launched a new food distribution map for residents seeking food pantries or access to free meals. The innovative map currently lists 31 locations offering groceries, produce, non-perishables, fresh and frozen meals for students, residents and older ...

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The Hunt Valley-based Peak Wealth Management Group at UBS is partnering with NBA star Kyrie Irving and the KAI Empowerment Initiative to help women who have opted out of the 2020 WNBA season because of COVID-19 concerns with a financial ...

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Howard County General Hospital is bringing COVID-19 testing to neighborhoods in Columbia with tests at two churches. Testing will be done at St. John Baptist Church, 9055 Tamar Drive, beginning July 25 from 8 a.m. to noon. Additional dates are ...

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Dunkirk-based Patriot Spaces is shipping storage containers that have been converted for use as medical stations or other related applications to hospitals in Maryland, Ohio and California to help meet the growing need for hospital and testing facilities because of ...

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GLEN BURNIE — About 100,000 pounds of food and two cars were given to community members at a relief event held by a church in Maryland. Hundreds of people showed up at i5 City Church in Glen Burnie Sunday for ...

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Howard County General Hospital will offer free COVID-19 community testing in places of worship throughout Howard County. The first testing event will take place Sunday from 8 to 11 a.m. at Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal M.I. at 6798 Oak Hall ...

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Tuerk House, a nonprofit drug and alcohol treatment system serving the most disadvantaged members of the greater Baltimore community, has been awarded a signature grant of $700,000 from The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations ...

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