Food Donations for Our Daily Bread

The Classic Casserole Program at Our Daily Bread has been the backbone of the feeding program that has sustained the poor and homeless in Baltimore since 1981. Any sized group of concerned citizens wanting to affect hunger in our community may participate.

We recommend that you select one recipe to make for your entire group. You can view our recipes here. And feel free to come up with your own. We need new recipes. If you have a new recipe that you want to provide, please call us first to make sure it is a recipe that will work in this setting. For those in your group that cannot bake, a family size Stouffer’s macaroni and cheese frozen meal is a wonderful contribution. We do require that you use a uniform disposable pan. These can be obtained in quantity at wholesale food clubs, or we can provide pans at a cost of $27.00 per 100. If you want to purchase them yourselves, they are a ½ size pan with dimensions of 2 9/16 inch deep, and 12x10 inches.

Most of the groups and churches that have a casserole program have casserole bakers that commit to baking once a month. They are made, covered tightly in foil, labeled with the date and name of recipe and group, frozen in the home, and then the group has a drop-off point (usually a church or business parking lot) on a designated date. You then have drivers bring them to the ODBEC. We have this on our calendar, and we know when they are coming and how many. This allows us to plan in advance. We accept deliveries every day of the week between the hours of 8am to 3pm. We ask that the casseroles come early in the day so we have enough staff here to help unload. Always fill out a delivery receipt.

Whether you decide to do a one-time event or be a regular participant, please call Doris Franz-Poling at (410) 261-6766 or email dfranzpl@cc-md.org so we know when and what casseroles to expect. We ask that you have a designated group or parish coordinator that runs your program, and is the contact for us, if your participation will happen monthly.

Other Activites Your Group Can Do Off-Site

• Make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, each in a zip lock bag.
• Organize a canned food drive-either general or for a specific need.
  

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