Seton Center Food Cooperative
How Catholic Charities Helps
Catholic Charities food
cooperative program at Seton Center in Princess Anne is available to households
in Somerset County.
Food
distribution for the Brown Bag food cooperative occurs on the last Thursday of
each month. Clients must sign up for
the cooperative, and walk-ins are welcome anytime during regular business
hours. Registrations are taken the
first three weeks of each month.
The food cooperative program
also provides menus
and information on nutrition, shopping on a budget, and meal planning. Members can also participate in workshops
that the site holds on a regular basis.
How To Get Help
Participants must
be income qualified. You may register anytime during regular business hours
for the food cooperative.
For more information, please contact Seton Center.
Seton Center
30632 Hampden Avenue
PO Box 401
Princess Anne, Maryland
410-651-9608
How You Can Help
The food cooperative welcomes volunteers of all
ages. Volunteers bag groceries for distribution
and stock the shelves with donated goods.
Call Seton Center to see what current opportunities are available. Volunteers must apply and be interviewed
prior to begin work.
Make a donation of food. Seton Center has the ability to store perishable
and non-perishable food items. When
your supermarket is having a Buy one, get one free sale, donate that free
item to Catholic Charities. Please
call ahead to make arrangements if you plan to donate perishable items such as
produce or frozen meat.
You can organize a food drive.
Ask your family, neighbors, church, or civic group to donate nonperishable and
shelf-stable food items.
Suggested items for donation
include
canned
goods like spaghetti, tuna, salmon, beef stew, corned beef hash, beans, soups,
vegetables and fruit
boxes
of pasta, macaroni and cheese, crackers, cereal, oatmeal, and pancake mix
jars of
peanut butter and jelly
juice,
coffee, tea, hot cocoa mix, instant breakfasts
shelf-stable
milk - either dry or evaporated
condiments like spreads, ketchup, mustard, relish,
barbecue sauce, pickles and syrup
Click here to donate to our
food distribution efforts using a credit card.
You may also send a check to Catholic Charities, 2601 W 4th Street,
Wilmington, DE 19805, and designate Food Distribution on the check memo line.
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