LRHS Cares Committee’s Mission:
LRHS Cares Committee strives to assess the needs of our students and families and connect them with suitable resources in order to support the overall wellbeing of our students and help them achieve their academic potential.
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Free Food Distribution: May 29th (Saturday) at Long Reach
9:30 am - 11:00 am: Free Food Distribution/Regalando Cajas de Comida GRATIS
The Catholic Community of Ascension and St. Augustine has partnered with Lancaster Foods and USDA Farmers to Families Program. We have received a grant to distribute boxes of food that contain 30.5 pounds of fresh fruit, vegetables, dairy, and meat. St Augustine iglesia, Lancaster Foods and USDA Farmers to Families Programa están regalando cajas llenas de 30.5 libras de frutas frescas, verduras, leche, y carne.
Locations (Lugares)
Long Reach High School, 6101 Old Dobbin Lane, Columbia, MD or Ducketts Lane Elementary School, 6501 Ducketts Lane, Elkridge, MD 21075
Pick up FREE food at Long Reach High School
(for Howard County residents ages 0-18)
Monday – Friday: 9-10am
Students Continuing Virtual Learning (Group V) and any non-HCPSS students age 18 and under
Meals will be available for pick up on Mondays and Thursdays only and will include breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner.
Monday pickups will include meals for Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays
Thursday pickups will include meals for Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays
Online meal pre-ordering will be available on Nutrislice
All pre-orders must be placed two school days in advance
Meals may also be received without pre-ordering by walking up to any available meal site
Pick-up times at all meal sites will change as follows:
Long Reach High School
6101 Old Dobbin Road
Columbia, MD 21045
Located at front of building outside cafeteria doors (purple picnic tables)
Pre-order food: https://hcpss.nutrislice.com/menus-eula
Flyer with all information on free meals through HCPSS:
https://news.hcpss.org/news-posts/2021/02/update-to-student-meals-procedures-effective-march-1-2021/
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Rental and Mortgage Assistance Funds!!
Howard County Government released funds for rental and mortgage assistance. These resources will be exhausted quickly. Call or email any one of the offices below to request assistance application:
Community Action Council, cac-hc.org, clientassistance@cac-hc.org, 410-313-6440
Grassroots, grassrootscrisis.org, evictionprevention@grassrootscrisis.org, 410-531-6677
FIRN, firnonline.org, housinghelp@firnonline.org, 443-276-3166
Family & Children’s Services, fcsmd.org, lspivey@fcsmd.org, 443-864-0379
➤ Search for ALL Types of Assistance Available in Howard County: https://services.howardcountymd.gov/hcportal?category_id=273d4345db209450bcfffce9af961947
➤ Apply for Free and Reduced Meals (FARMS) to get access to free resources: https://www.myschoolapps.com/Application#
➤ Where to Get Tested for COVID in Howard County:
https://www.howardcountymd.gov/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=2OIlm6sGxfA%3d&portalid=0
➤ Find a COVID-19 Testing Site in Maryland: https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/pages/symptoms-testing