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Food & Friends’ COVID-19 Response

Our Latest Update

Read the latest message from Executive Director Carrie Stoltzfus to learn about our latest efforts in response to the pandemic.

How You Can Help

Volunteer

Deliver meals – Delivery volunteers remain our highest need right now. We’re practicing no-contact deliveries and are staggering food pickups outside to minimize person-to-person interaction.

Kitchen volunteering – We have opened a limited number of volunteer spots to existing volunteers to help with meal preparation and packing. New social distancing and mask rules are in place and we appreciate everyone’s concerted effort to maintain a safe working environment.

You can sign up for shifts through VolunteerHub. New volunteers must complete a free background check and online orientation before signing up for a shift.

** Given the population we serve, we’re asking that volunteers returning to Food & Friends continue to take the necessary precautions in their daily lives, such as taking your temperature each morning, wearing masks and face coverings in public spaces, using hand sanitizer and practicing social distancing in all public spaces. **

Donate

Please donate. Your gift will help provide home-delivered nutritious meals to vulnerable individuals through this pandemic and beyond.

Start Your Own Fundraiser

Using Food & Friends’ easy, do-it-yourself fundraising platform, you can create your own fundraising page to collect donations. This is a great way to virtually come together with your friends and family in support of a cause you care about. We’ll provide plenty of help and resources to make it simple.

Go to www.foodandfriends.org/fundraise.

Service Updates

Home-Delivered Meals will be delivered once a week for the foreseeable future, rather than the prior 3-times per week schedule. Clients will still receive 18 meals per week and we continue to use our 11 specialized meal plans.

Groceries-to-Go clients will remain on their usual bi-weekly schedule, though some delivery dates have shifted.

Have a service question? Call (202) 269-6820.

If you are not eligible for Food & Friends’ service but need food assistance, please call 1-800-349-8323 (Washington, DC);
240-777-1755 (Montgomery County, MD); or 301-883-6627 (Prince George’s County, MD).