At our inaugural 2026 event we raised over $10,000 for local nutrition programs! Every dollar and every hand makes a difference — thank you.

According to Feeding America, more than 15% of Garrett County, Maryland is considered food insecure. That's 4,510 of our neighbors. Feeding America also calculates that an $2,983,000 is needed every year, in addition to existing programs. 

Please join us in alleviating hunger in our community. 

by Sarah Myers, excerpted from September 2026 Lake Front Magazine

Keeping the bowl will be a reminder that every time you pull it from the cabinet, you’ll remember why it exists in the first place: because circumstances can make it difficult for some of our neighbors to keep their own bowls filled.

That’s an important reminder in Garrett County. Since we live in a place that welcomes visitors to beautiful homes, busy restaurants, ski slopes, golf courses and a lake surrounded by recreation and vacation properties, it can be easy to look at that version of Garrett County and assume everyone here is doing OK. They aren’t.

During our conversation, Garrett County Community Action President Chris Mullett shared a number that stopped me: approximately 4,700 of Garrett County’s roughly 28,000 residents experience some measure of food insecurity.

Food insecurity doesn’t necessarily mean someone has no food at all. It can mean the household’s resources don’t stretch to the end Bowls Painted for the Upcoming Empty Bowls Event Bowls Painted for the Upcoming Empty Bowls Event of the month. It can mean someone regularly skips a meal because there isn’t enough. And when food is uncertain, it is rarely the only challenge a household is facing.