Volunteers are needed to drive to the Howard County Food Bank on Gerwig Lane, fill their cars with pre-packed bags of food and drive them to the Pop Up Pantry location. Some will be drop off only, so volunteers will be done by 11 a.m. The others will include staging the bags on tables and overseeing their pickup by needy area residents, wrapping no later than 3 p.m.
Flyers are below. Please spread the word!
Seasons Apartments Food Pantry
Chatham Gardens Food Pantry
Howard Crossing Food Pantry
Willows at Port Capital Food Pantry
The times and locations are:
May 20 / 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
The Seasons Apartments
9640 Barrel House Road
Laurel, MD
May 22 / 9 – 11 a.m. (Drop off only. NOT open to the public.)
Owen Brown Place
7080 Cradlerock Way
Columbia, MD
May 22 / 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Chatham Gardens
3332 North Chatham Road
Ellicott City, MD
May 27 / 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
The Willows at Port Capital
7141 Beverly Drive
Elkridge, MD
May 29 / 9 – 11 a.m. (Drop off only. NOT open to the public.)
Park View Columbia
7070 Cradlerock Way
Columbia, MD
May 29 / 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Howard Crossing
8732 Town & Country Blvd.
Ellicott City, MD
June 3 / 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
The Seasons Apartments
9640 Barrel House Road
Laurel, MD
June 5 / 9 – 11 a.m. (Drop off only. NOT open to the public.)
Longwood Elderly
6150 Foreland Garth
Columbia, MD
June 5 / 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Chatham Gardens
3332 North Chatham Road
Ellicott City, MD
(Glen Mar’s pop up pantries at Shalom Square continue as planned on Thursdays.)
More details will be provided on exactly how things will work onsite, along with contact information, etc., directly to those who sign up. Just click on the Signup Genius link below to choose the food pantry project that works best for you.
(We are asking one person to be the “captain” for each location, making sure all cars load up food together at the appointed time, dividing the bags between the cars so that no one is left out. The captain is also responsible for making certain there is no overlap with the other location’s pickup and that each gets the correct number of bags. Finally, the captain needs to do their best to enforce social distancing rules so all volunteers remain safe.)
May 20 – https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040B4DAFAA2BA7FF2-5202020
May 22 – https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040B4DAFAA2BA7FF2-5222020
May 27 – https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040B4DAFAA2BA7FF2-5272020
May 29 – https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040B4DAFAA2BA7FF2-5292020
June 3 – https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040B4DAFAA2BA7FF2-632020
June 5 – https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040B4DAFAA2BA7FF2-652020
Thank you again to the Food Bank for pulling together enough food to stage these events and to Howard County for providing them funds to add the additional pantries. Way to go!!
For a look at previous pop up pantries, check out the photos here.