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Location, schedule changes to BCPS fall meal distribution program announced, effective Monday, Sept. 21

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Chris Montcalmo

TOWSON, MD—Baltimore County Public Schools has announced changes to its fall meal distribution program effective Monday, September 21. Seven locations have been added to the list of distribution sites: Beech Drive and Wilson Point Park (boat launch lot); corner of Baker Lane, Holiday Manor Road, and Wescott Way; Lantern Hill Apartments; and Kingsville, Villa Cresta, Winfield, and Woodbridge elementary schools. […]

Location, schedule changes to BCPS fall meal distribution program, effective Monday, Sept. 14

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Chris Montcalmo

TOWSON, MD—Baltimore County Public Schools has announced changes to its fall meal distribution program effective Monday, Sept. 14. Six locations have been added to the list of distribution sites: Chesapeake Terrace Elementary, North Point Road at Millers Island Boulevard, Padonia International Elementary, Seventh District Elementary, Warren Elementary, and Westowne Elementary. Two locations have been removed from the list: Loch Raven […]

BCPS to begin fall meal distribution on Tuesday, Sept. 8

Posted on September 4, 2020 by Chris Montcalmo

TOWSON, MD—Baltimore County Public Schools will provide school meals, at no cost to students, to all children ages 2-18, beginning on Tuesday, September 8, and continuing through Wednesday, December 23. Students with disabilities can receive no-cost meals regardless of age. The meals, supported with funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will be distributed at more than 300 community locations […]

USDA extends free meal program for students at 87 BCPS schools through December 2020

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Chris Montcalmo

TOWSON, MD—Meal delivery for all students at 87 BCPS schools will begin on the first day of the school year, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, thanks to approval of a BCPS application to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). CEP allows schools in high-poverty neighborhoods to serve breakfast and lunch, at no cost, to all enrolled students without […]

Maryland Department of Agriculture issues warning about seed packets from China

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Officials in several states have said that residents are reporting that they’ve received unsolicited packages of seeds in the mail that seem to have some from China. Authorities are urging the public not to plant them. Officials say the seeds may be invasive or otherwise harmful to local plants or livestock, according to USA Today. Some of the packages […]

Free breakfast, lunch available at 81 BCPS locations throughout the summer

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Chris Montcalmo

NOTTINGHAM, MD—The Summer Meals program, offered each year by Baltimore County Public Schools, is officially up and running. At all sites, youth, 18 years of age and younger, receive a breakfast and lunch on Monday through Wednesday. On Thursday, students receive two breakfasts and two lunches for Thursday and Friday. Meals are not distributed on Friday. Service will continue through […]

MSDE announces new guidelines for free, reduced-price student meals

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland State Department of Education on Friday announced revised Income Eligibility Guidelines (IEGs) for free and reduced-price school meals. The guidelines are set by the federal government and adopted by MSDE. The IEGs are used to determine eligibility for free or reduced-price meals in child nutrition programs for the period of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. […]

NOW Health Group Inc. recalls NOW Real Food Raw Macadamia Nuts due to possible Salmonella contamination

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Chris Montcalmo

NOTTINGHAM, MD—NOW Health Group, Inc., of Bloomingdale, Illinois, is voluntarily recalling its NOW Real Food® Raw Macadamia Nuts – Product Code 7119, Lot#3141055 – because this lot has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons […]

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