Your gifts of nonperishable food to SPAN make a difference in many of our neighbors’ lives. Without your help, many local families might otherwise go hungry. If you or your club, business or organization or even your neighborhood, would like to organize a food drive to benefit SPAN, contact us at 410-647-0889, or email [email protected].

We also love to receive perishable food, like fresh produce, baked goods, dairy products, frozen meat, and more. Because these types of foods require freezing or refrigeration, we ask that you bring them by during our office hours of 10-1:30, Monday through Thursday. If this is not convenient for you, please email us at [email protected] and we will find alternate arrangements!

 How you can help:

• Include SPAN in your weekly shopping and deliver the donations to SPAN
• Present your offering of food in church. Most partner churches have collection baskets for SPAN on site. There are also collection sites at the Severna Park Library and the Severna Park Community Center.
• Sponsor a food drive for SPAN. This can be done through sports teams, schools, businesses, communities/neighborhoods or local clubs.
• Make a financial donation. This will go into our general fund, which is used to help clients with court-ordered evictions, utility cutoffs and medical copays.

 Items we can always use:

• Canned meat and fish
• Peanut butter and jelly
• Tuna and Hamburger Helper
• Instant Potatoes
• Breakfast items: pancake mix, syrup, oatmeal, cereal, coffee and tea
• Pasta, sauce and other canned tomato products
• Snacks: nuts, bars, crackers and cookies
• Vegetables – cans, fresh or frozen
• Basic toiletries: shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, soap
• Basic cleaning products: paper towels, laundry detergent, dish soap