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2025 - Franciscan Center Serving Opps (July-Dec)

Sign up to serve a meal to the clients at The Franciscan Center The mission of the Franciscan Center is to provide emergency assistance and supportive outreach to persons who are economically disadvantaged in an effort to assist them in realizing their self-worth and dignity as people of God.
One way they do this is through Nutrition. A healthy, good tasting meal is a critical foundation for those struggling to make their way. Culinary Services oversees a lunch (M-F) and dinner (T, W) program that feeds 400 to 600 people per day. Meals are made from scratch using fresh ingredients, some provided through partnerships with farms in the city and the region. An emergency food pantry also helps clients to make ends meet when they find themselves in difficult times.
The Franciscan Center of Baltimore needs volunteer assistance to serve dinner on Tuesday evenings from 5-7pm at their W. 23rd Street location.Volunteers will be interacting with guests, staff, and other volunteers in our large dining room. Volunteer will be:
Plating and serving on the buffet line Assisting guests in the dining room Helping in the dishwashing room.
Other assignments may include sandwich making, vegetable chopping or lunch assembly. Please arrive promptly at 5pm for a quick tour and a summary orientation. Dinner begins at 5:30pm.
Please wear closed toe shoes. You will be given an apron and pair of gloves when you arrive. Hair nets will be provided, but you can also wear/bring a hat.
Metered parking is available on 23rd street and Maryland Avenue. It costs 50 cents to park for 1 hour, up to 4 hours max. There is also a gated parking lot on Maryland Ave that you can park in.

Address: 101 W 23rd St, Baltimore, MD 21218
Ongoing for 2 hours
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Sign up to serve a meal to the clients at The Franciscan Center

The mission of the Franciscan Center is to provide emergency assistance and supportive outreach to persons who are economically disadvantaged in an effort to assist them in realizing their self-worth and dignity as people of God.
One way they do this is through Nutrition. A healthy, good tasting meal is a critical foundation for those struggling to make their way. Culinary Services oversees a lunch (M-F) and dinner (T, W) program that feeds 400 to 600 people per day. Meals are made from scratch using fresh ingredients, some provided through partnerships with farms in the city and the region. An emergency food pantry also helps clients to make ends meet when they find themselves in difficult times.
The Franciscan Center of Baltimore needs volunteer assistance to serve dinner on Tuesday evenings from 5-7pm at their W. 23rd Street location.Volunteers will be interacting with guests, staff, and other volunteers in our large dining room at 101 W 23rd St, Baltimore, MD 21218
Volunteers will be:
  • Plating and serving on the buffet line
  • Assisting guests in the dining room
  • Helping in the dishwashing room.
Other assignments may include sandwich making, vegetable chopping or lunch assembly.

Please arrive promptly at 5pm for a quick tour and a summary orientation. Dinner begins at 5:30pm. Please wear closed toe shoes. You will be given an apron and pair of gloves when you arrive. Hair nets will be provided, but you can also wear/bring a hat.
Metered parking is available on 23rd street and Maryland Avenue. It costs 50 cents to park for 1 hour, up to 4 hours max. There is also a gated parking lot on Maryland Ave that you can park in.
Please complete the brief form below and provide us with your contact information and then the serving opportunity you would like to assist with via the two drop down form fields. Please note that if would like to sign up for more than one serving shift across shifts (Women's Center, Men's Center, Outreach Bus) you will have to submit a new form response for each date you wish to serve. 

Volunteers must be 14+ to serve.

Thank you for supporting our Nativity Missions local partner, The Franciscan Center of Baltimore.
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