Thanksgiving Heroes will be delivering 2,000 boxes filled with items for people to make a home-cooked meal for the holiday. Leaders said they're also building new partnerships to increase donations.

According to ZipRecruiter, the average pay for Instacart shoppers in Maryland is about $17 per hour. I made less than that.

Painting for me continues to be a wondrous journey, a way of discovering new things about myself, my craft, and the world,” she says.