The  We Cancerve Movement, Inc.

Nearly 17 million children in the United States experienced food insecurity in 2020, according to Feeding America, a leading national nonprofit food bank network. This is a devastating impact of the covid-19 pandemic.

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In response to the pandemic's toll on local homeless shelter Anna's House, We Cancerve created "Spork'd," a free meal kits project where We Cancerve's all-youth team fills a box with all of the ingredients and instructions of their favorite family recipe to give to a family enrolled in a local homeless shelter's in transitional housing program. In addition to ingredients for a recipe of at least four servings, the kits often include cooking supplies such as aluminum foil, measuring cups and pans. 

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The idea began with Jennifer Crosson, the former resource development manager at Anna's House in Bel Air, Md., who was brainstorming alternative ways to offer life-skills courses to Anna's House program residents during social distancing. Courses like family budgeting, job readiness and healthy, affordable cooking were moved from in-person sessions to virtual sessions. These courses are designed to reduce recidivism.

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        Today, We Cancerve's Spork'd is a quarterly project for homeless, foster and             other vulnerable families in the greater Baltimore/Harford County region 

   affiliated with nonprofits we support. The project received initial funding from Hormel Foods and the Fearless Foundation. The project is also prominently featured on our children's TV show, On the Move with We Cancerve.