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RC&D Matches 100% for Outreach Grant to Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry!
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Feb 3, 2010 - 3:18:20 PM

The Southern Maryland Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D) Board, Inc. is pleased to announce that at our Winter Board Meeting held January 21, 2010, the Board voted to offer Southern Maryland Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry (FHFH) a $5,000.00 match to supplement the grant received from the National Association of RC&D Councils awarded in December 2009. Funds made available by this match will be used to pay for the processing of deer meat that will provide an additional 17,000 meals to under-served families in Southern Maryland.

 Click here for more information about this partnership

  Or check out Jeff Newman's article from January 29 in the Calvert Recorder highlighting our partnership with FHFH by clicking here.   

RC&D presented the $5,000 match award to Southern Maryland FHFH on Friday, February 12 at at the St. Mary's County Soil Conservation District Cooperators' Dinner.   Steve White, Coordinator for the Southern Maryland Chapter of FHFH, received the check and gave a presentation about FHFH's efforts locally and nationally.

Steve White, 2nd from left, receives $5,000 matching funds from RC&D Board Members Pat Pinnell (far left), Olga Walter (2nd from right), and Tommy Wright (far right).

Mike McWilliams, Wild Game Processing (St. Mary's County), shows off how the deer meat he processes for FHFH is packaged and distributed conveniently and safely.

Rick Turner, Rick's Place Processing (Charles County), shows the boxes marked FHFH in his freezer that are ready for distribution.

Ernie Rowell, Rowell's Butcher Shop (Calvert County), talks with RC&D and FHFH visitors.

Brenda DiCarlo, Director, Southern Maryland Food Bank, steps into the freezer to take out some deer meat donated by Southern Maryland FHFH.