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Food Resources for the Holidays

December 21, 2020

This information is provided by the Montgomery County Food Council: https://mocofoodcouncil.org/holiday-food-distribution-updates/

Please see below for information regarding food distributions that will take place over the next two weeks (12/19/20 through 1/3/2021). Please contact the listed email address for each organization for more information, or contact info@mocofoodcouncil.org. 

  • Church of the RedeemerInstead of the usual distribution on Thursdays, there will be a distribution on Tuesday, 12/22 from 11am-1pm and on Tuesday, 12/29 from 11am-1pm.
    • Address: 19245 Woodfield Rd, Gaithersburg, 20879
    • Email: info@church-redeemer.org, outreach@church-redeemer.org
  •  Germantown HELP, Inc will be closed December 25-26, December 31st, and January 1-2. 
    • Email: info.gtownhelp@gmail.com for more information.
  • The Church of the Resurrection will be closed for the holidays on December 22nd, and will not be hosting their regular distribution that week. 
    • Address: 3315 Greencastle Rd, Burtsonsville, 20866
    • Email: kford@resurrectionadw.org for more information.
  • Project Bright Future at St. Stephen Baptist ChurchThe last food service for 2020 will be on December 22nd, and services will resume on January 5, 2021.
    • Address: 5757 Temple Hill Rd, Temple Hills, 20748
    • Email: Gwendolyn.gantt@yahoo.com for more information
  • Meals on Wheels of Wheaton – There will be no deliveries on 12/25 and 1/1.
    • Email: mowofwheaton@gmail.com for more information.
  •  Oak Chapel–20906 Service Consolidation Hub will not be having a distribution on 12/31, or anytime that week. Their last distribution for the year will be on Thursday, December 24th from 11am-1pm.
    • Address: 14500 Layhill Rd, Silver Spring, 20906 
    • Email: OcumHub@gmail.com for more information.  
  •  Bethesda Help, Inc will take calls on 12/24 until noon and will deliver food that same day.  Requests received after noon will be delivered on Monday, 12/28. They will take calls on 12/29 until noon and deliver food that same day.  Requests received after noon will be delivered on Monday 1/4. They will be closed on 12/25 and on 1/1.
    • Email: info@bethesdahelp.org for more information. 
  • Cross Community and Montgomery Village Center: There will be a drive-through distribution on 12/23 from 12-4pm.
    • Address: 701 Russell Ave at Gaithersburg Lakeforest (the entrance between Sears and Ruby Tuesday’s)
    • Contact: mvresourcecenter@gmail.com
  • The East County Services Consolidation Hub will move their Grab’n’Go distribution to Wednesday, December 23rd.

  • MCPS Division of Food and Nutrition Services will distribute four meal packs on Wednesday, 12/23 at all meal distribution sites.

  • The Interfaith Works Twinbrook Food Distribution Hub will host distributions on 12/18, 12/24, and 12/31 from 12-2pm while supplies last.
    • Email: hubcoordinator@iworksmc.org
    • Phone: 301-848-4427
    • 751 Twinbrook Pkwy, Rockville, MD 20851