Help Keep Food on the Table for Lower Shore Families
The LIVE UNITED Response Fund supports local nonprofits providing food and essential services to our neighbors on the Lower Shore. Thanks to the generosity of Perdue Farms and anonymous donors, we’re starting with $15,000, investing immediately in nonprofit, school, and college pantries beginning the week of November 3. Perdue is also matching $5,000 in community gifts— so your donation goes even further!
Even before the federal shutdown, local partners were seeing rising needs—especially around food insecurity. Now, with reduced SNAP distributions and increased costs for essentials, the challenge is even greater.
Nearly 50% of households in our region are ALICE®—working families, seniors, single parents, and neighbors with disabilities—struggling to make ends meet. Over 40,000 local neighbors rely on SNAP each month to help stretch their budgets.
Your Gift Makes a Real Difference - Every donation stays local and helps provide immediate relief:
- $15 delivers a nutritious meal to a homebound senior
- $25 fills a child’s backpack with weekend food
- $50 provides staples for several family dinners
- $102 covers one month of SNAP for a senior or disabled adult in Maryland. In FY24, more than 32% of participants had older adults or disabled household members. *
- $180 supports one household member’s monthly SNAP benefit. In FY24, 1 in 9 MD residents – 693,500 people – were helped. **
- $300 helps a working family cover one month of SNAP. In FY24, more than 39% of participants were in working families. *
- $449 supports a household with children for one month of SNAP. In FY24, more than 59% of participants were in families with children. *
* Average benefit amounts, FY22. Source: CBPP MD SNAP fact sheet, January 2025: https://www.cbpp.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/snap_factsheet_maryland.pdf
United is the Way We Rise
Together, we can help ensure kids can focus on school, families can stretch their dollars, and no one goes hungry.
Please give what you can—every gift matters.
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