Plan a United Way Healthy Food Drive

Did you know that more than 300,000 central Marylanders are food insecure?
Imagine not not having access to affordable healthy food—this is what it means to be food insecure.

You can help.
As part of United Way of Central Maryland's Access to Healthy Food Initiative, we invite you to conduct a healthy food drive.

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Organize a Healthy Food Drive with United Way of Central Maryland

• Organize a healthy food drive with your employees, members, students and/or faculty. Any size business, organization or private school is encouraged to participate.
• UWCM will connect you with an organization or pantry in need of healthy perishable or non-perishable items, or you may identify your place of choice.
• Each workplace, organization or school is responsible for transporting the food items to the designated location.
• Download our Healthy Food Drive flyer.

To organize your healthy food drive today, please contact Liz Crammond at 410-895-1306 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to sign up.

1) Gleaning is the gathering of produce by volunteers after the commercial harvest is completed on a farm, among other sorting activities.
2) November is National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Month.
3) June is National Hunger Awareness Month.

What should you give to a Healthy Food Drive?

Fruits and vegetables:	Proteins:	Dairy:
Low- or no-sodium canned veggies Sugar-free dried or canned fruit Sugar-free applesauce or fruit cups Low- or no-sodium canned beans	Low-sodium canned chicken, tuna and other seafood in water Low-sodium beef or bean soups Low- or no-sodium peanut butter Unsalted nuts and seeds	Low-fat powdered milk Low-fat, calcium-fortified and shelf-stable regular, soy, almond or rice milk Fat-free pudding cups
Grains:	Other:
Plain or low-sugar oatmeal, etc. Low-fat granola bars Whole grain pasta Low-salt pretzels Brown or wild rice Quinoa or couscous Whole grain/bran cereals	Bottled water Low-sodium broth 100% fruit or low-sodium veggie juice Olive, canola or sesame oil
	THANK YOU!
Bryn Mawr Healthy Food Drive	Calvert School Healthy Food Drive	Merrill Lynch Healthy Food Drive drop off at Mt. Carmel AME Church