Food for Families

How Food for Families fights hunger in our community

• We purchase, recover, and collect donations of produce, protein, and pantry staples.
• Our staff and volunteers sort, package, and transport foods from our Gaithersburg warehouse to satellite locations for distribution or deliver directly to the homes of older adults or people with disabilities.
• Each month, households receive an assortment of fresh fruits and vegetables, nutritious pantry staples, meat, and eggs. We offer diabetic and vegetarian-friendly boxes and boxes for people who follow a particular diet for medical or religious reasons.
• Families can visit our Manna Choice Market to shop with dignity.
• Food is shared with our school-based programs for households with school-age children enrolled in Montgomery County Public Schools.
• Partnering with local farms and farmers markets through Farm to Food Bank adds freshly harvested foods to our boxes and market shelves.
• We connect households to culturally-specific foods by partnering with local retailers that agree to accept Manna vouchers for select staple goods.
• Through our Community Food Education program, recipes, presentations, videos, and handouts support the use of food provided in healthy and tasty ways.