the food bank serves 970 food kevinens in our area. pastor richard brown and his wife organizes the soup kevinen feeding 150 people every wednesday, benefiting from your donation. >> we fix a full meal for them, not just a bowl of soup. we very arely serve soup. >> reporter: and a healthy meal. that's the goal of the maryland food bank, to make shower that people are getting the nutrients needed to get through the day. this executive chef said you won't find a fryer in her kitchen. instead, she's using her baking, grilling and roasting skills to serve healthy meal oles we're serving approximately 2,000 kids a day for the afterschool practice. everything has to be broken down and nutritionally analyzed. we use a lot of the fresh produce. we'll use it for the kid's meals. >> reporter: what can you do. we're collecting healthy cans, canned fruits, veggies, tuna and chicken. while you may be preparing your next meal, others around you may not know where their next meal is coming from. >> right now almost half a million marylanders don't kn