A local nonprofit in Catonsville is fighting food insecurity with a summer food drive, and it's already yielding impressive results. Catonsville Emergency Assistance's "Christmas in July" initiative has collected thousands of pounds of food, and counting, during what's typically a slower donation season. "Our pantries get pretty low in the summer," explained Caitlin Kirby, executive director of Catonsville Emergency Assistance, in a Tuesday interview with WMAR-2 News. "A lot of times, people are on vacation, they're not thinking about donating to the food pantry." "Having a Christmas in July event keeps the fact that food insecurity really has no season - hunger has no season - it keeps that in the back of peoples' minds," Kirby added. The donations are organized and integrated into the pantry, ready to help the roughly 700 people the organization serves annually from their Bloomsbury Avenue location. #catonsville #community #foodpantry #news #maryland