By Cynthia Brooks, Special to the AFRO
For nearly 30 years, the Bea Gaddy Family Centers have stood side-by-side with Baltimore’s families to provide healthy, quality food to those most in need.
Working together with a broad cross-section of organizations in the Baltimore community, and with the leadership and partnership of Johns Hopkins, we have met this unprecedented surge in the amount of food needed to keep Baltimore’s families fed.
With generous support from the Hackerman family, Johns Hopkins and its partners, we launched the East Baltimore COVID-19 Food Access Initiative.
This partnership between Johns Hopkins University, Saval Foodservice, Hungry Harvest, Bea Gaddy, and 16 faith-based and community organizations provides emergency food assistance to families impacted by COVID-19 – including those who may have lost their jobs as a result of the pandemic.
Cynthia Brooks is the executive director of the Bea Gaddy Family Centers, a community based nonprofit organization that assists and provides food and other items to our neighbors throughout the Greater Baltimore Metropolitan Area and throughout Maryland.
