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Bowie Interfaith Pantry & Emergency Aid Fund

A variety of fresh vegetables are displayed, including tomatoes, yellow squash, cucumbers, and bags of kale. Several bags of cherry tomatoes are seen in the background. The vegetables are arranged on a black tray and a table.


Logo for Bowie Food Pantry featuring three stylized wheat stalks on the left and the words Bowie Food Pantry in elegant blue text within a circular border.The Bowie Interfaith Pantry and Emergency Aid Fund, Inc.2614 Kenhill Drive, Bowie, MD  20715
(located behind the brick building, at the back of the property)

The Pantry provides food to qualified residents of Prince George’s County as well as emergency financial assistance to qualified residents of the City of Bowie. Since 1983, St Matthew’s UMC has faithfully supported Bowie Food Pantry:

At the church, you can help the Food Pantry directly by

  • Donating non-perishable, unexpired food and personal care items may be left in the shopping cart in the coatroom (just off the Narthex). Read what items the Pantry distributes here.
  • Donating money with your offering or via Online Giving, noting the Bowie Food Pantry Fund.
  • Participating in church run projects and special collections to benefit the Bowie Food Pantry.  Such events include things like making Senior Treat bags, dedicating part of a special services donations to the pantry, providing hygiene kits, or assembling Build-a-Bags.

You can help the Food Pantry directly by

  • Volunteering to shop, collect donations, help sort and pack incoming food, and place the food in clients’ cars as they drive up. Volunteers maintain a large garden and produce over $9,000 of fresh vegetables annually for clients.  Volunteer opportunities are announced in the Pantry’s newsletter—click HERE to see the current issue.
  • Gardeners are encouraged to bring their surplus harvest to the Pantry. Donations of fresh fruit and vegetables should be taken directly to the Pantry on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 8-11 a.m.—please do NOT leave them at the church.

For further information, watch the 15 Sep 2024 Bowie Food Pantry Mission Moment video on youtube, check out the Circuit Rider and Midweek Messenger for the latest needs and opportunities, visit www.bowiefoodpantry.org or contact foodinsecurity@stmatthews-bowie.org.A group of people gather around tables filled with donation items like cereal boxes and snacks in a community hall. Some are packing items into bags. The hall has large windows and a blue stage curtain in the background.

In September 2024, the congregation made 24 Build-a-Bags for the Bowie Food Pantry from the needed nonperishable food and hygiene items collected during Hunger Action Month.