10 staples to donate to Baltimore food pantries this holiday season

It’s the time of year for giving — and for some, that includes swinging by a local food pantry to drop off a grocery bag of kitchen essentials. “The main thing that pantries need during the holiday season is support from their communities in any way, shape or form,” said Eileen Compton-Little, executive director of the Community Crisis Center, a Reisterstown food pantry founded in 1982. “Just because the pandemic’s over, doesn’t mean that we still don’t need help.”