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While Micah's Backpack pauses for summer, the children it feeds receive free weekday lunches through Washington County's Meal Machine program, including Friday take-home items for the weekend.

Marge Ziegler joined as a substitute packer and deliverer (2023); Nancy Flicek joined in 2024 as the team restocked its closet with a large Maryland Food Bank order funded by cash donations and HARC grants.

The steering committee organized 45 sponsors across schools, conducted new sponsor training, and coordinated a first Maryland Food Bank order of about 45,000 pounds, with the first food bags going home the week ending 9/15.

Tom O'Farrell and helpers installed a new shelf in the Mission Stitchers' community-room storage area, freeing space and allowing bins to be moved from the storage room off the library.

The Mission Stitchers made about 45 handmade pillowcase dresses for Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes so each girl receiving a box would have a dress.