AACPL works with local food pantries, food banks and nonprofits to provide customers with food and nutritional assistance resources; this includes library staff coming to partner sites with library resources and branches serving as food collection and distribution sites.
Please select any of the resources listed below, or read our latest blog post about Food Resources at the Library.
The following libraries have Little Free Pantries: Busch Annapolis, Broadneck, Brooklyn Park, Crofton, Deale, Edgewater, Glen Burnie, Linthicum, Maryland City at Russett, Odenton, Riviera Beach and Severna Park. More information is available at Caring Cupboards.
Crofton Library has a community garden, in partnership with FarmUnity.
Crofton Farmers Market - Crofton Library on every other Saturday (Feb 1 - Apr 26) from 9 am to 1 pm (weather permitting).
SoCo Farmers Market - Deale Library on Thursdays (May 1 - Nov 13) from 4 pm to 7 pm.
Anne Arundel County Food Bank Mobile Food Pantry makes visits to Brooklyn Park, Deale and Eastport-Annapolis Neck libraries.
*Contact your local library location for upcoming food pantry dates.
The Discoveries Community Pantry at Discoveries: The Library at the Mall accepts and redistributes donations of Similac and Enfamil baby formula.
The following libraries serve as food collection sites for local community partners:
Anne Arundel County Food Bank (Edgewater Library & Odenton Library)
Harundale Presbyterian Church Food Pantry (Glen Burnie Library)
Maryland Food Bank (Crofton Library)
My Brother's Pantry (Broadneck Library)
Serving People Across Neighborhoods (SPAN) Food Pantry (Severna Park Library)
South County Assistance Network (SCAN) Food Pantry (Deale Library)
Giant Food in Severna Park offers consultations with an in-store nutritionist - Emily Craft, MS, RDN, CSP, LDN, Nutritionist at Giant Food.
Child & Adult Care Food Program (After School Meals) provides afterschool meals and snacks to children up to age 18 in lower income areas of the county through Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS).
School Breakfast Program is a federally assisted meal program available at all AACPS that offers free and reduced-price breakfast meals to eligible students based on family income.
Summer Food Service Program provides free, nutritious meals and snacks to children in low-income areas during the summer months through AACPS.
Snack carts for tweens and teens are available at Crofton, Odenton and Severn Libraries.
Other Community Resources
A.A. County Partnership Resource Line
Call the Resource Line for assistance with all basic needs including housing, food security, resources for parents and kinship care providers, family navigation and more.
Phone: 1-800-485-0041 or email srbroc@aacounty.org.
Anne Arundel County Food Access Warm Line
Anne Arundel County’s Food Access Warm Line connects people looking for food with multiple resources.
Call 410-222-FOOD(3663) or email senior_nutrition@aacounty.org. TTY users can call 7-1-1.
Anne Arundel County Food Bank
Provides a list of pantries around the county serving families, seniors, and babies.
Anne Arundel County Partnership for Children, Youth, & Families Resource List
The Partnership assesses community human services needs and identifies gaps in service, then convenes a neutral group of diverse stakeholders to build partnerships and develop solutions, fund services for children and families by leveraging State funding and increasing local resources, and advance the Governor’s priorities of reducing the impact of parental incarceration on children, families and communities.
Arundel House of Hope
Arundel House of Hope is a non-profit ecumenical organization that provides emergency, transitional, and permanent affordable housing and support services to individuals experiencing homelessness in Anne Arundel County. We help people who are experiencing homeless or transitioning out of homelessness by offering support services like a Resource and Day Center, Warming Center, Community Recovery Center, and more. We provide emergency shelter to unhoused individuals during the winter months through the Winter Relief program.
Blessed In Tech Ministries Food Pantry
Food giveaway held weekly at the Pip Moyer Recreation Center in Annapolis.