
John Scollan
Jan 41 min read
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“Unless you have a story, you have no way to persuade anybody “ Author, Michael Lewis Check out our story and it is compelling

“Unless you have a story, you have no way to persuade anybody “ Author, Michael Lewis Check out our story and it is compelling

Just musing here at the start of 2026 and thinking about the fraud being exposed in Minnesota related to federal tax money being swindled from US taxpayers. What are the state fiscal controls? Who in Minnesota is accountable to the taxpayers? I also have a broader question. What about the other 49 state governments? Are they managing taxpayers money? A full US government audit of every state’s programs is in order.

“Poverty is the constant fear that it will get even worse.” Matthew Desmond Author of Poverty, By America Please contribute to Let’s Eat this month. We fight the effects of poverty every day. Hit the Donate tab to give.

Please qualify for a 2025 tax deduction by making a last minute gift to Let’s Eat. We must post your gift before the calendar hit 12 midnight on January 1,2026. Also, thank you to all of our generous donors and foundations who supported Let’s Eat. In 2025. Grocery Outlet Overlea Baltimore Orioles Baltimore Community Foundation United Way of Central Maryland IKEA White Marsh Sprouts Farmers Market KeHE Distributors North East, Maryland

In a ceremony at the store located on Belair Road in Overlea, store owners Robin and Susana Eccleston received essentially our annual Humanitarian Award. Robin and Susie have generously supported Let’s Eat from their very fist day in business. In that time this couple has fed literally thousands of Baltimore area families in great need of nutritious food. Let’s Eat Founder, Catherine Morneault said “ the top quality foods donated by Grocery Outlet Overlea are superior in ever

We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, and they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. The Declaration of Independence second sentence 1776 John Adams Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson

John Stuart Mill said this in 1867:”Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than good men should look on and do nothing.” Be a good man and give what you can to help Let’s Eat do more great work in Greater Baltimore.

Generosity is powerful and beautifully human. Be a Beautiful Human. Make a year end gift to those food insecure families and seniors who Let’s Eat helps everyday.

John’s Hopkins University Morgan State University University or MD. School of Nursing University of Baltimore One of our goals for 2026 is to expand this list. Right Goucher College, Towson University, Coppin University and the Community College of Baltimore?

I just signed up to volunteer for a day of service here in January because “Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve “ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Let’s Eat was honored to deliver a car filled with toys, gifts, food and supplies to the church today. The parishioners here are some of our most favorite people.

Apparently this is a real thing according to scientists. Some of us have a combination of DNA markers which can render you more genetically tuned to give to charities and even give in higher amounts than the average person . This gene combination also makes those very happy for the successes of others and not jealous of them at all. Test if you have the generosity gene. Donate today and find out how satisfying that is for you.

Let’s Eat is proud to announce that Maurisa Darden has been named the newest member of the Let’s Eat BOD. Ms . Darden brings a wealth of business and human services expertise to our nonprofit , but we are most excited to have a true humanitarian whose passion for others is unmatched. Ms. Darden is a California native who works with the Maryland Department of Transportation. John P. Scollan, Let’s Eat Board Chairman, said “ We are beyond thrilled to have a person of Maurisa’s

Let’s Eat is honored to have relationships with these major Baltimore Universities: The Johns Hopkins University, Morgan State University and the University of Baltimore. Our city is blessed to count these prestigious bastions of education as our own. Let’s Eat is proud of our partnerships with each school.

Top management staff at Let’s Eat has been invited to participate in the University’s Career Week in the Main Campus on N. Charles St. Let’s Eat had a U of Baltimore graduate student on staff this fall semester in our Social Media Department. That student, a native of Nepal did a fabulous job for Let’s Eat. We hope to continue this very satisfying internship program again this Spring Semester.

We believe in building relationships in which both parties receive something great. It is true that small nonprofits need revenue to continue the work of our mission. However, we always will return something to our donors. Please consider a grant or a gift to Let’s Eat. You will never regret it. For major gifts please contact John Scollan. Email him at jpscollan@letseatinc.org for assistance

We just could not serve all those thousands of hungry families without the monthly generosity of our Catherine’s Angels Monthly Donors. Thank you all.

You can bet all of these gifts will find deserving folks who are in need this Christmas. It’s just what we do

The Johns Hopkins University football team clobbered Susquehanna University today by a score of 40 to 10. With the victory the Hopkins squad will be one step closer to their goal of a National Championship at the Division 3 level. Many of the Blue Jays players are a part of the nonprofit, Blue Jays for Baltimore, which partners with Let’s Eat to provide service to many food insecure families in Baltimore. Let’s Eat Board Chairman, John Scollan, fondly calls the Hopkins footb

Coach John Wooden about living each day in the moment.
