HealthStream Research is committed to improving the way healthcare is delivered in America.  Sometimes, however, that commitment must go far beyond the care delivered in hospitals and doctors’ offices.  When you’ve got hungry people in your community, it is about sending care directly to the hearts and homes in the community.

As the holidays approach, HealthStream Research’s Production & Editing Team created a spark that ignited the entire company into action.  They spread the idea that it would be a wonderful time to focus on those in our community who are in need. The Production and Editing Team successfully launched a program to collect items for the Maryland Food Bank, an organization that supports a network of 1,000 food providers across the state. The Maryland Food Bank reported that demand for food this year has surpassed last year by 80 percent. More than 235,000 people in Maryland turn to these food providers for help. Of these people, 43% are children and 45% of those served must choose between paying for food or paying for utilities, rent, medical care, etc.

Our employees really stepped up to this noble challenge.  HealthStream Research and the Production and Editing Team are immensely proud to announce the final results of our holiday food drive.  We collected 751 items of food in total for this critical community need. Almost 400 of those items came from our passionate and dedicated interviewing center employees!  We also collected $819 in cash donations.  Because the food bank can turn $1 into $18 worth of food, that $819 translates into a whopping $14,742 to help fight hunger in Maryland.