Wahington Blade - August 10, 2001
Kara Fox
"This route expansion was developed in response to the growing need to deliver services to people living with HIV and AIDS in our rural communities," Craig Shniderman, executive director of Food & Friends, told the Blade.
Food & Friends, which has one kitchen in Washington, D.C., will be making food for 38 people living in Washington County on a weekly basis and Potomac Whole Foods will be transporting the food from D.C. to the Hagerstown New Light Metropolitan Community Church, which serves as the first community distribution center. The clients received their first delivery July 21.
Shniderman said a need was expressed in March by a minister, physician, social worker, and Food & Friends volunteers for meals to be delivered to the county, which is 75 miles outside of D.C., since the county does not receive any Ryan White AIDS funding. He added that the organization is using funds provided by the state of Maryland and that Gov. Parris N. Glendening (D) was "personally responsible for this."
"This is one of the most exciting things to happen at Food & Friends in a long time," Shniderman said.
In addition to Washington County, Food & Friends serves six other counties in Maryland, including Montgomery, Prince George's, Frederick, Charles, St. Mary's, and Calvert.
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