Fresh Food Drive!

Nothing is more basic than having access to healthy food, yet more than 300,000 central Maryland residents are food insecure due to limited funds and lack of other resources such as nearby grocery stores and transportation. United Way of Central Maryland’s “Access to Healthy Food Initiative” is a three year program that aims to increase access to healthy food by 1.5 million pounds each year. For the third year in a row, Calvert will be helping with this cause by conducting a Fresh Food Drive next week (October 14-18), which will directly benefit local Baltimore City school children in need of healthy food. Last year we collected 2,055.2 lbs… over a TON of food (1,276 lbs in the Lower School and 779.2 lbs in the MS) and we hope to beat that total this year! You can help by bringing in bags of fresh vegetables and fruit including sweet potatoes, squashes, root vegetables like beets, radishes and carrots, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, apples and oranges. Drop off your food donations first thing in the morning in the boxes outside of the MS Black Box Theatre… THANK YOU!