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#GivingTuesday
Growing up, there were always shows and movies portraying "Hoovervilles" where destitute people would huddle over fires burning in large metal drums during the Great Depression. We had dinner Saturday night outside a friend's Roland
Fireline and the Baltimore Hunger Project
This past week Fireline employees participated in an annual “volunteer day” stuffing weekend food bags for Baltimore Hunger Project, a non-profit organization that helps feed food insecure children in Baltimore City and Baltimore County. Many
Root Causes of Poverty
Meaghan Attard recently published a thorough research report titled "Root Causes of Poverty in the United States and Baltimore." In the report, Attard delves deeper into the systemic issues correlated with the United States' most
Love Is RIND
Followers of this blog are well aware that childhood hunger remains a major problem in the U.S. One in six American children may not know where their next meal is coming from. As we’ve read
What are Healthy Food Priority Areas?
In areas with high poverty rates, access to healthy and sustainable food is limited. Families that are struggling to make ends meet and have to decide how to allocate their earnings from multiple part-time jobs
What Pediatricians Have to Say About Remote Learning
The beginning of the pandemic brought many academic semesters to a complete halt in the 2019-2020 school year. College campuses were forced to close down, students were sent home, and online learning became the norm