Mary’s Center, the great local nonprofit that serves as a community health center and also offers literacy and social services, is holding a canned food drive to help give families a good Thanksgiving meal. And the Petworth Community Market, every Saturday until Nov. 18 from 9am-1pm, is accepting donations.
Here’s more about the canned food drive and Mary’s Center. The market is at the triangle where 9th and Upshur meet.
Help Feed 500 Families In The Neighborhood
We’re partnering with Mary’s Center to make sure everyone in the community can have a wholesome Thanksgiving meal this season. We’d love your thoughtful and kind help.
Items you can drop off at the PCM Market Manager table are: stuffing mix, instant potatoes, cranberry sauce, canned fruit and vegetables, canned gravy and gravy mix, canned sweet potatoes and yams, pie crust and filling, sugar and flour, rice and beans, and grocery store gift cards.
If you’re interested in volunteering with Mary’s Center at their bag stuffing event on November 19 (or any of their other holiday volunteer opportunities), email Magali Ceballos at mceballos@maryscenter.org.
Mary’s Center, founded in 1988, is a Community Health Center that provides health care, family literacy and social services to individuals whose needs too often go unmet by the public and private systems. Mary’s Center uses a holistic, multipronged approach to help each participant access individualized services that set them on the path toward good health, stable families, and economic independence. The Center offers high-quality, professional care in a safe and trusting environment to residents from the entire DC metropolitan region, including individuals from over 100 countries, through 8 locations.
UPDATE: You can also donate canned goods at the Brass Knob, 2311 18th Street NW. They’re open 7 days a week, 10:30am-6pm Monday-Saturday and noon to 5pm Sunday.
