Help Us Help Others.

Remember us on All Year Long!

Rainbow Community Development Center provides groceries and hope to more than 1,000 people every week. We need your help to continue serving our growing community of clients. Please remember us on not only on Giving Tuesday, but all year long. To make a contribution, please click on either the PayPal or CashApp link below. You can also send a check to:

Rainbow CDC
2120-A Industrial Parkway
Silver Spring, MD 20904.

THANK YOU!

Remember RCDC on #GivingTuesday! With our Bags Filled With Hope you can help thousands! Thank you!

Corporate Food Donations and

Food Recovery Operations

If you are a corporation or retail business that wishes to make bulk donations of food, please contact us on our Food Recovery/Corporate Food Donation Hotline at :

(240) 639-2293

Your generous contributions can make a significant difference in addressing food insecurity in our community. We welcome your support and look forward to partnering with you. Thank you for your commitment to helping those in need.

Donation Wish List for 2025.

Donations can take many forms. Here are a few items that would be a blessing to our food pantry this year

Rainbow Community Development Center Food Donation Need List

  • New Brown paper bags 68# (or 66#), 12 x 7 x 17” (Duro is best quality)

  • Reusable grocery store bags (suggest the Giant in Plum Orchard for November)

  • 2 lb bag or larger of white rice

  • Brown rice

  • Pasta (Macaroni and Spaghetti preferred)

  • Canned green peas

  • Canned corn

  • Canned green beans

  • Corn bread or corn muffin mix; any size

  • Flour

  • Cooking Oil

  • Dried Beans

  • Palm Oil

  • Peanut Butter

  • Jelly

  • Canned Tuna

  • Chicken Salad Kits

  • Ramen Noodles

Our dream wish list 

  • Giant gift cards in $30 increments or higher

  • Cases of fresh sweet potatoes

  • Cases of fresh white potatoes

  • Cases of fresh carrots

  • Cases of fresh celery

  • Rolls

Stock photo - Cardboard box filled with non-perishable foods on wooden table.

Amazon ends the

AmazonSmile Program

Amazon, which ranks among the top corporate philanthropists in the U.S., will continue to pursue and invest in other areas where it can make meaningful change—from building affordable housing to providing access to computer science education for students in under-served communities. Please click HERE for more details. Thank you to all who supported the Rainbow Community Development Center through this program.