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self-sufficiency to central Marylanders facing poverty.
self-sufficiency to central Marylanders facing poverty.
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By The Way e-Newslet... By The Way e-Newsletter
You may now miss the opportunity to tour the White House or see the Navy's Blue Angels perform their aerial acrobatics -- thank sequestration. If you find yourself waiting in longer security snake lines at the airport, thank sequestration.
Inconveniences and delays are bad enough, but the recently imposed across-the-board five percent federal budget cuts are starting to have much deeper, and perhaps lasting effects. What happens to the health of our nation’s food supply and our food exports when USDA inspectors are furloughed? Sequestration will affect much of the federal civilian workforce and will hit Marylanders and our economy especially hard.
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A Few Minutes with Mark, February 2013
It’s been nothing short of thrilling to see our community come together with such spirit around our hometown team, the Baltimore Ravens. Their teamwork and commitment to excellence doesn’t end on the field – we are fortunate to have the support of two special players in our work here at United Way.
Anquan Boldin dedicates much of his time advocating and volunteering in the community, and helps cultivate young leaders as Emerging Leaders United’s honorary chair. Our Emerging Leaders United group is composed of more than 600 young professionals 40 and under who are committed to improving lives in central Maryland.
Vonta Leach, a tremendous advocate of our READ. LEARN. SUCCEED. initiative, helps recruit volunteer readers to make a difference in the lives of local youth. At a time when more than half of third-graders in Maryland can’t read proficiently, Vonta is lending his support to this important program.
We are so thankful to have the Ravens as partners and we congratulate them on a well-deserved Super Bowl win!
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By Mark Furst, President and CEO
2012 was a BIG year. Thanks to you – our donors, volunteers and advocates – we’ve been able to serve thousands of our neighbors in need and get many of them on the path to self-sufficiency.
We launched our READ LEARN SUCCEED and Family Stability initiatives and you helped us surpass our goal for the first year of the Access to Healthy Food Initiative. These programs provide the building blocks of a good life – education, income and health – for central Marylanders in poverty.
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