The coronavirus pandemic has worsened the ongoing issue of food insecurity for many Baltimore families, but a local nonprofit is raising funds to feed children in need.
Weekend Backpacks, a nonprofit organization that provides weekend meals to food-insecure children, went from providing an average of 630 bags of food per week before the pandemic to more than 1,000 bags per week during the pandemic, said board member Barbara Spector.
For the past several years, Weekend Backpacks has held an annual fundraiser event where attendees were able to taste samples from food vendors, with the event in 2019 raising about $250,000, Spector said.
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