--- title: "Faculty & Staff Campaign" date: 2025-09-15T14:46:00-04:00 author: Lauren Stephenson canonical_url: "https://universityrelations.umd.edu/faculty-staff-campaign" section: Pages --- # Faculty & Staff Campaign *UMD Faculty/Staff* **Community Campaign** As Maryland’s flagship university, serving the state as well as the neighborhoods surrounding our campus, we are focusing our philanthropic influence on the well-being of our community. - [Ways to Give](https://universityrelations.umd.edu/faculty-staff-campaign/givenow) ### GIVE TODAY This year, the Faculty and Staff Community Campaign will focus on **four deserving Maryland charities** that help feed Maryland families, support mental health across the state, assist foster children and protect and restore the Anacostia River. - [Ways to Give](https://universityrelations.umd.edu/faculty-staff-campaign/givenow) ## CHARITIES Select from the four essential Maryland charities and make a difference. - [Ways to Give](https://universityrelations.umd.edu/faculty-staff-campaign/givenow) ### MARYLAND FOOD BANK MFB provides food assistance to residents in 22 counties through 1,150 distribution points in an effort to end hunger in Maryland. ### Mental Health - NAMI Maryland, Inc. A grassroots organization dedicated to education, support and advocacy, and research to assist individuals with mental illnesses, their families, and the community. ### CASA – Court Appointed Special Advocate – Prince George’s County, Inc. Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)/ Prince George's County, Inc. is a volunteer-based organization that partners with the juvenile court to improve the lives of abused and neglected children living in foster care. By providing a voice to children in the foster care system, CASA's goal is to promote the timely placement of the children into safe, permanent homes. Since 2001, the staff and volunteers at CASA have worked tirelessly to not only protect the best interests of the children it serves but also to ensure the rights of all children in foster care. ### Anacostia Watershed Society To protect and restore the Anacostia River by bringing partners and communities together to achieve a clean and safe Anacostia River for the benefit of all living in its watershed and for future generations. **Ways to Give** — You can participate in the Faculty/Staff Community Campaign online via payroll deduction, credit card, debit card or e-check (ACH). ## Questions? [Visit the FAQs page](https://universityrelations.umd.edu/faculty-staff-campaign/givenow/faq) or contact us at for more information about giving.