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April 23, 2020
Dear Friends,
Mark your calendar and plan to join me online or by phone for my Annual District 3 Town Hall on Thursday, April 30, at 7:00 p.m. More details coming soon. ASL interpretation will be provided.
Reminder: Wear a mask when you are outside of your home or apartment. Only leave for necessary trips for food or medicine. Exercising close to home is recommended.
If you have questions or are exhibiting symptoms, please call the
COVID-19 hotline at 301-883-6627.
Food Resources and Upcoming Distributions
Friday, April 24, at 1:30 pm, at Trinity Assembly of God, 7800 Good Luck Rd, Lanham, MD 20706
Fresh produce distribution by Christian Life Center
Saturday, April 25, at 11:00 am, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 7301 Annapolis Road, Landover Hills
Grocery distribution by Greater Riverdale Cares, Capital Area Food Bank, Brighter Bites, and Coastal Sunbelt Produce.
Every Saturday, at 11:30 am, at Ebenezer Church of God, 7550 Buchanan Street, Landover Hills
-- Grocery distribution
Every Monday and Wednesday Youth Breakfast, Snack & Lunch Pick-Up
All youth ages 2-18 may pick up meals at PGCPS Grab and Go meal sites on Monday and Wednesday from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm. No ID is required. If parents pick up meals without a student they will need to show a report card or school ID #.
Templeton Elementary, 6001 Carters Lane
Robert Frost Elementary, 5006 Riverdale Road
William Wirt Middle School, 6200 Tuckerman Street
Woodridge Elementary, 5001 Flintridge Drive
Carrollton Elementary, 8300 Quintana Street (Meals from World Central Kitchen also provided for caregivers)
Riverdale Elementary, 5006 Riverdale Road (Meals from World Central Kitchen also provided for caregivers)
Every Wednesday at 12:00 pm, East Pines Community Center, 5819 East Pine Drive, Riverdale
Grocery and meal distribution by SEED and World Central Kitchen
$15-$25 Every Week for Residents of the Town of Riverdale Park
All residents of the Town of Riverdale Park who are in need of assistance can receive $15-$25 every week to spend at the Riverdale Park Farmer's Market, every Thursday, from 3pm - 7pm.
Learn more and apply.
Additional Food Assistance Resources, updated daily by the Food Equity Council:
Spanish:
If you are able to pay for groceries but are not able to leave your home, Rotary International can assist. Call their hotline at 240-781-6586.
Immigrants who do not have a social security number may be eligible for support through the
CASA Solidarity Fund. Learn more by contacting Jorge Benitez at
jbenitez@wearecasa.org.
Employ Prince George's C
OVID-19 hourly employee relief fund. Note: you do not need a social security number to apply.
https://employpgedge.com/
 The Washington Nationals and Greater Washington Community Foundation have partnered with Get Shift Done to launch in the region.
Learn more about how restaurant workers can sign up to be offered sifts paying $14/hour with local nonprofits and how nonprofit organizations can request shift workers funded through private philanthropy.
#onlytogether
 The food assistance resources listed above and many more are happening thanks to the partnership of numbers organizations. Over the past two weeks, more than 12,000 meals, bags of produce and boxes of groceries have been distributed across District 3.
Our partners in this work include Jose Andres and World Central Kitchen, Sardi's, Capital Area Food Bank, Christian Life Center's Passion & Compassion Ministry, Sowing Empowerment & Economic Development (SEED), Kaiser Permanente, Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization (CKAR) CDC, Brighter Bites, Peace City Church, Solid Rock Church, Town of Riverdale Park, Town of Landover Hills, New Carrollton Council Member Phelicia Nembhard, IRC, East Pines Terrace Apartments, Park View Gardens Apartments, St. Mary's Catholic Church of Landover Hills, United Baptist of New Carrollton, Latin American Youth Center (LAYC), numerous civic leaders, and more. #onlytogether
Are you in a position to help others? Here are ways you can help.
Donate to
Greater Riverdale Cares
to support the purchase of meals from locally owned restaurants which will be donated to families in need. Your gift will help the businesses keep employees on staff and feed families.
Learn more and donate here
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Sew masks for our food distribution volunteers and for vulnerable residents. Please reply to this email or send a message to CouncilDistrict3@co.pg.md.us if you have masks to donate.
Contribute Pantry Items to local food banks:
- St. Andrew's Church, 4512 College Avenue, College Park (drop off at the back door under the awning near the rear parking lot)
- College Park Church of the Nazarene, 9704 Rhode Island Avenue, College Park
Support the Capital Area Food Bank. CAFB has purchased as much food in the past few weeks as they normally purchase in an entire year. Over the next few months CAFB will provide providing thousands of boxes of food to District 3 residents in need. Please consider supporting that effort.
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As always, feel free to reach out to a member of my District 3 team or me if we can help you in any way. I am sharing updates regularly on social media, especially my
Facebook page.
#onlytogether
Together Strengthening Our Community,
P.S. Please remember to complete the U.S. Census. Everyone Counts!
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