The Cupboards Project Opens Wide

Johns Hopkins Health Plans’ initiative to combat food insecurity is making great strides through the Priority Partners Cupboards Project. Started in 2021, the Cupboards Project is a multiyear program of community partners aimed at providing food and resources to remote or underserved neighborhoods.

Adding to the three custom-built mini-pantries already installed in Maryland neighborhoods, the Cupboards Project will be installing a brand new self-serve mini-pantry at Oak Chapel United Methodist Church in Montgomery County on May 1. By June, yet another free-standing mini-pantry is slated to open at Wicomico Presbyterian Church in Wicomico County and be celebrated by an unveiling event, to be announced soon.

In 2022, the Cupboards Project also launched a small fleet of three “Club On The Go” mobile pantries. Operated by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County and Harford and Cecil Counties, they bring free healthy food and nutrition resources to remote Maryland neighborhoods. Once completed, the two new free-standing Cupboards Project additions will bring the total number of free mini-pantries serving Maryland communities every day to eight!

Johns Hopkins Health Plans is honored to be a part of yet another successful phase in the Cupboards Project and another meaningful step toward advancing our ambition to eliminate food insecurity and improve the health and well-being of our communities. We are grateful to the community partners who have supported the Cupboards Project, especially Michele’s Granola, whose generous donations have been helping supply our mini-pantries.

Learn more about the Priority Partners Cupboards Project and find locations at prioritypartnerscupboards.org.