BALTIMORE, MD--(MARKET WIRE)--Oct 2, 2008 -- Airport Fast Park, an off-site airport parking company with two locations at the Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport, is offering its customers a parking discount in exchange for donated non-perishable food items. The food drive will take place from Monday, Oct. 6 through Friday, Oct. 31. All items will be donated to Maryland Food Bank, a member of Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest), the largest food bank network in the country. Baltimore Airport Fast Park travelers parking at the facility will receive $1 off per non-perishable food item donated with a maximum discount of $3 per stay at the facility. Customers may combine other Fast Park coupons with this discount.

Annually, the Maryland Food Bank provides emergency food for 235,000 people. Donations at the Maryland Food Bank are at an all time low. Less than 50 percent of the food bank's shelves are filled with donated food. Food banks across the country are struggling to keep up with demand this year, according to a survey conducted by Feeding America. More residents are in need of help due to the economic slowdown, rising food prices and cutbacks at their jobs.

"We're all feeling the affects of the current economy in one way or another," said Melanie Chavez, chief marketing officer at Fast Park. "As a community, we need to assist those who need the extra help right now. Food banks all over the country are in dire need of support and we hope to contribute as much as we can for those who need it most in Maryland."

Fast Park has partnered with Feeding America's member food banks in each of its off-site airport parking facilities across the country.

Baltimore travelers are asked to bring their non-perishable food items to the airport parking facility and give them to a cashier upon exit. The cashier will then apply the appropriate food drive discount (up to $3.00).

Fast Park operates two facilities, a blue airport parking lot (1718 W. Nursery Road., Linthicum Heights, MD 21090) and a red airport parking lot (786 Elkridge Landing Rd., Linthicum Heights, MD 21090), at the Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport. Both locations provide a shuttle service that, unlike other parking facilities, conveniently picks up patrons directly outside their car door. Each facility also provides complimentary jump starts and flat-tire assistance, free bottled water and newspapers and free luggage assistance to get the whole family onto the shuttle as quickly as possible. Additional Baltimore amenities in the red lot include oil change and car wash services. Airportfastpark.com offers special Internet pricing for $6.40 per day (excluding tax) at both Baltimore facilities.

FastPark, headquartered in Cincinnati, is an off-site airport parking company operating 18 facilities in 12 markets throughout the country. Business units of FastPark include Airport Fast Park, FastPark & Relax and Park Place. Airport Fast Park facilities are located in Albuquerque, N.M.; Austin, Texas; Baltimore (two facilities); Cincinnati; Cleveland (two facilities); Memphis, Tenn.; and Miami. A Park Place facility is located in Cleveland. Fast Park & Relax facilities are located in Cincinnati; Houston (three facilities - two under different names); Milwaukee; Orlando; Raleigh, N.C.; and Tucson, Ariz. The self-serve parking service is open 24 hours per day, seven days per week, with instant shuttle service transporting customers to their specific terminal.

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