Celebrating 40 Years as Maryland’s Hunger Safety Net

It takes more than food to end hunger. Lead the Change

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Join us as we embark on a new chapter for the Maryland Food Bank: Discover upcoming initiatives and ways to make your mark during our anniversary year and beyond.

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How We Fight Hunger

Our wholesale buying power combined with decades of expertise and strategic partnerships allow us to maximize resources, meeting the needs of all hungry Marylanders through carefully tailored feeding programs.

We’re feeding people, strengthening communities, and ending hunger for more Marylanders. Join us.

3 meals

buying power of every dollar donated

92 percent

of MFB’s resources go directly to program services

37 million+

meals distributed every year

How Can We Help

I want to know how to contribute

Learn about ways you can give, including donating, estate planning, fundraising ideas, food drives, and more.

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I need help finding food near me

Use the Maryland Food Bank food finder to get the help you need close to where you live.

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I want to volunteer

Volunteering is one way you can join the fight against hunger- by giving your time. Monetary donations are much-needed and always welcome.

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I need to know where food banks are

The Maryland Food Bank has a main distribution center in Baltimore and branch office locations in Salisbury on the Eastern Shore, and Hagerstown in western Maryland.

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Maryland Food Bank donation recipient Lamont D smiles in the living room of his new apartment

When I go to my refrigerator, and it’s not just empty, it makes me feel good. Living my life now, I wouldn’t pass it up for nothing.

Lamont D.
Recipient

I never realized we have so much hunger here.

Pat
Volunteer

Maryland Food Bank network volunteer Pat has a conversation with a diner at her church’s soup kitchen

Photo of Maryland Food Bank donor Mitzi Perdue, widow of chicken magnate Frank Perdue

I love the Maryland Food Bank, most of all because it helps people.

Mitzi Perdue
Donor

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Farm to Food Bank Program (VIDEO)

At the Maryland Food Bank, we know that better nutrition means better health. That’s why, with the help of farmers like Steve, we’re committed to delivering millions of pounds of fresh produce annually through our Farm to Food Bank Program."Hunger does not discriminate, we want to see people having healthy options for their meals"-Steve of Mason's Heritage Farms.