In response to the COVID-19 crisis and rising levels of hunger in communities nationally, United Way Worldwide is expanding Ride United, its transportation access initiative, to launch a “last mile” home delivery program that brings food and supplies to vulnerable populations ...

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Capital Funding Group (CFG) and CFG Bank (CFGB) provided meals to 11n nursing/assisted living facilities and 485 employees as part of its Meals for Healthcare Heroes program. CFG/CFGB will continue their initiative, scheduling deliveries to 11 more health care facilities ...

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Harford County residents can get free Internet access from the parking lots at five county buildings where public Wi-Fi has been expanded in response to the statewide shutdown of businesses, schools and other public facilities due to COVID-19.  Although county ...

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Living Classrooms received a $50,000 grant from Truist Financial Corporation to support its efforts to respond to ongoing community needs in response to the COVID-19 health crisis, the Baltimore-Washington-based nonprofit announced Tuesday. Traumatic exposures in the communities served by Living Classrooms such as violence, ...

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Amazon Inc. donated $10,000 to the Y in Central Maryland to support the nonprofit’s emergency response efforts to meet the community’s needs during COVID-19, officials announced Tuesday. Funds will aid two critical initiatives: offering hunger relief for families and providing ...

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Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. Friday announced its Sinclair Cares and Salvation Army: ‘Your Neighbor Needs You’ campaign benefiting the Salvation Army raised almost $900,000 nationally for those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The money raised also includes a ...

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Baltimore-based video production agency Zinnia Films donated more than 60 meals to frontline health care workers at Mercy Personal Physicians at Lutherville. Zinnia reached out to its client, La Prima Catering, to provide the meals to Mercy, also a client. Catering ...

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Wells Fargo & Company and the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) delivered 70 emergency relief grants totaling $100,000 to America’s Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, including the Maryland chamber, which are leading in providing technical assistance to small businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USHCC ...

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Salisbury-based Perdue Farms Friday announced it has delivered another 140,000 pounds of protein — or 560,000 servings — to the Maryland Food Bank and five others as part of its commitment to donate a minimum of 1 million pounds of ...

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Silver Spring-based media company Urban One Friday announced the launch of Urban One Community Works Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization that provides charitable assistance and services and donated a total of $20,000 to two organizations in their efforts to support students, families and ...

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