As part of its ongoing COVID19 relief and recovery efforts, No Kid Hungry, a national campaign to end childhood hunger in America, and Nationals Philanthropies, the official charitable arm of the Washington Nationals, have issued matching grants of $25,000 to Prince George’s ...

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United Way of Central Maryland (UWCM) received a $10,000 donation from Amazon to help provide needed distance learning technology for low-income students. The donation will allow UWCM to purchase Amazon Fire tablets for 125 students at Ben Franklin High School ...

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Beloved Community Services Corporation, a nonprofit affiliate of Union Baptist Church, will receive 1,000 KN95 Masks to distribute Wednesday at 11 a.m. to persons living in the Upton community in the historic west Baltimore district. Baltimore-based VDNA Trading has initiated ...

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After weeks of COVID-19 restrictions that have put dental work on the back burner, Dr. Joanne Block Rief, a Baltimore area dentist who owns Crossroads Dental Arts in Owings Mills, distributed more than 250 free oral health kits May 1 ...

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The University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center received a $12,000 grant from the Nora Roberts Foundation, part of a nearly $170,000 gift to the University of Maryland Medical System for its acute-care hospitals and freestanding medical facilities engaged in ...

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Corporate Office Properties Trust Thursday provided a $20,000 grant to the Howard Hospital Foundation in support of its ‘Care for Our Caregivers’ program. The grant will help provide meals to the frontline caregivers at Howard County General Hospital, member of ...

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Sprouts Farmers Market has expanded grocery pickup to its Maryland and other mid-Atlantic stores as an added convenience for families looking to shop for healthy products without entering the store during this incredible time of need. Customers can now shop at sprouts.com/order to ...

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Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski said Wednesday the Baltimore County Department of Aging will expand its food distribution efforts next week by providing boxes of food to the county’s older adults. The program will be supported by $590,000 in funding ...

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A trio of local business owners have pivoted during the COVID-19 pandemic to create Quality Mask Supply, a startup formed to produce stylish, high quality, reusable masks. The woman-owned business, founded by Jill Andrews, from Jill Andrews Gowns; Kim Strassner, ...

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To express its gratitude for our local nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic while also celebrating the first day of National Nurses Week (May 6-12), THB Bagelry + Deli is donating 700 bagels to nurses in three greater Baltimore hospitals — Johns Hopkins Hospital, Sinai ...

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