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•
Spearheading increases of more
than 200 percent
in the number of
students receiving free, nutritious
school breakfasts
in targeted schools
in Baltimore City and six Maryland
counties between 2010 and 2012
through the launch of the First Class
Breakfast Initiative and the work of
collaborating with the Partners for
Breakfast in the Classroom.
• Implementing
Maryland’s At-Risk
Afterschool Meal Program
for children
in afterschool programs. Participation
more than tripled
, skyrocketing from
3,917 per day students in February 2010
to 14,486 students per day at its peak
in February 2012.
• Increasing the number of children
served daily through the
Summer Food
Service Program
in Maryland by
over
28 percent
and expanding the number
of summer meal sites from 1,102 to 1,235
over four years, helping to prevent
hunger among children who receive
breakfasts and lunches during the
school year but would otherwise have
no alternative source of nutritious food
when school is out.
• Enabling low-income Marylanders to
make more than
$150,000
in purchases
of
fresh produce at farmers’ markets
since 2010 through our Farmers’ Market
project.
• Producing
the first
and ongoing annual
county-by-county analyses
of summer
food and school breakfast participation
in the state’s history.
Together, we will reach our goal of
ending hunger in Maryland once and
for all.
“Maryland Hunger Solutions is committed to improving access to healthy
school meals and has been a catalyst in expanding the number of low-income
children throughout the state who are receiving school breakfast. Maryland
Hunger Solutions’ efforts are an important contribution to improving the
overall health and academic performance of our children.”
—
ROBIN ZIEGLER
,
CHIEF, SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY NUTRITION PROGRAMS BRANCH
, MARYLAND STATE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SOLVING HUNGER AND IMPROVING NUTRITION IN MARYLAND: THE FIRST FIVE YEARS
