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  • Hope for the Holidays!

    Hope for Holidays is an opportunity to bring warmth and joy to families in need during the season. Many families, especially those affected by government furloughs or struggling to make ends meet, are unable to afford a festive meal or gifts for their children. Your donation can make a meaningful difference—$25 provides a holiday basket complete with a traditional meal, and $30 ensures a child receives a gift to brighten their holiday. Your generosity will help fill not only tables but also hearts, reminding families that their community cares and offering them hope and joy during a difficult time.

  • Hope for the Holidays QR Code

    Use your mobile device to scan the QR Code above to help support Hope for the Holidays! Your donation can make a meaningful difference—$25 provides a holiday basket complete with a traditional meal, and $30 ensures a child receives a gift to brighten their holiday.

  • Volunteer!

    Companies and organizations can volunteer to help prep groceries during our Grab and Go distributions every second and fourth Saturday monthly from 8:00AM until 1:00PM (except in October when we distribute the third and fifth Saturday). You can also share your social media, fundraising, grant-writing and administrative skills with us.

    To sign up, please contact us at 301-625-2561.

  • Thanking our Volunteers!

    Special thanks to our UPS Partner for their faithful volunteers, no matter what the weather!

“No family should be without healthy, nutritious food…..”

— Pat Drumming, Executive Director, RCDC

Building Better Lives for those in need. See the work we do…..

What motivates human behavior? Maslow's hierarchy of needs is one of the best-known theories of motivation. Rainbow Community Development Center seeks to help our neighbors meet some of these basic needs: Food (Physiological), Shelter (Security) and Community (Social). Through our programs and our faith, we seek to help those who need a helping hand.

Join Rainbow Community Development Center as we fill our clients carts with food and their hearts with hope.

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See Rev. Pat Drumming as a Montgomery County “Changemaker” for Black History Month 2021!

See us on WJLA-TV DC Channel 7 News!

See us in the NY Times!

Hunger in the Washington Metropolitan Area - Dec 2020

Photographs and Text by Cheriss May

Supporting our community in faith and love

 

Notable 2023 RCDC Milestones

  • RCDC has been helping families to become self-sufficient since 1999

  • Served 28,324 households encompassing 102,129 adults and children in 2023.

  • Served 62,465 Adults, of which….

    • 17,686 aged 60 or above

    • 372 were Veterans

  • Distributed and shared over 2.8 million pounds of food

  • Distributed over 102,600 baby diapers

Food Insecurity in Montgomery County

Feeding America estimates at least 33,840 of the 237,960 children (approximately 14%) in Montgomery County are food insecure, and due to the County’s high cost of living, more than an additional 76,000 children live in households without sufficient income to meet their basic needs but earning too much to qualify for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and/or free school lunch.

 

Contact Us

2120-A Industrial Parkway
Silver Spring, MD 20904

Email
info@rainbowcdc.org

Phone
Office: (301) 625-2561

Fax: (301) 625-0244

Food Recovery/Corporate Food Donation Hotline (240) 639-2293