St. Mary’s Caring Soup Kitchen
An Outreach Ministry
URL: http://stmaryscaring.org/

We gladly welcome volunteers to:
· Prepare and serve meals
· Pick up day old food donations from Food Lion
· Help with fundraising
· Help with administrative and technical support
· Help with building improvements, and
· Offer an affirming, non-judgmental presence to people having a tough time

The office is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.   Please call (301) 863-5700 for more information and opportunities to volunteer .

2009 Review

Saint Mary’s Caring provides hot meals and other services for men, women, and children ranging in age from infants to octogenarians of St. Mary's County by serving breakfast (8:30-10:00a.m.) and lunch (11:30a.m. to 1:00p.m.) Monday through Saturday. Their patrons are the unemployed, the working poor, the disabled, the elderly and the mentally and physically challenged.

Good Samaritan’s partnership by hosting Saint Mary’s Caring has allowed the ministry to focus on feeding the hungry and alleviated the high rent of their previous facility. Anyone wanting more information, to volunteer, or donate can call or visit their web site. Below is a summary of the 2009 efforts from our partners in ministry.

Saint Mary's Caring Monthly Meals Served:

Month          Breakfast          Lunch          Total
January            167                703                 870  
February           180               673                  853  
March               191               683                  874  
April                 198                893                1091  
May                  246               915                1161  
June                 239                962                1201  
July                  256              1055                1311  
August              211               858                 1069  
September         241               846                 1087  
October             299                883                1182  
November          251                971                1222  
December          192                624                 816  
YTD                 2671           10,066             12,737