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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 First: Expanding the Capacity of our Network Partners
The Food First Grant Program is designed to expand partner capacity, strengthening our network. The grant money will be used for a variety of capacity-building projects aimed at increasing the amount of food partners distribute, expanding their service hours, transporting and handling perishable foods, and providing additional services to help clients address the root causes of hunger.
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Facing Hunger in Maryland: Dorothy Wilson
Facing Hunger in Maryland means different things to different people. For some, it’s dealing with the uncertainty of not knowing where their next meal will come from; for others, it’s trying to help their hungry neighbors in need. Then there are people like Dorothy Wilson, who has experienced both sides of facing hunger in Maryland.
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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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