Celebrating 40 Years as Maryland’s Hunger Safety Net
It takes more than food to end hunger. Lead the Change
Follow Our Anniversary Journey
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.
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.
Join us. Together we can end hunger in Maryland.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
I love the Maryland Food Bank, most of all because it helps people.
Mitzi Perdue
Donor
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Latest News
Food Distribution: The Core of the Safety Net
It takes more than food to end hunger — this is our guiding philosophy as we take on our 40th anniversary and beyond. But food distribution will continue to be the foundation of the food bank until hunger ends in Maryland.
How do we distribute more than 102,000 meals a day?
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40th Anniversary: Honoring Our Past, Inspiring Our Future
This year marks more than just celebrating our past accomplishments of service. We want to focus on moving forward and fighting hunger with new approaches that will lead to sustainable change.
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When the Government Shut Down, You Spoke Up
When the federal government shutdown in December, the Maryland Food Bank sprang into action to help feed some of the 172,000 affected federal workers that call our state home through our Pantry on the Go Program.
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