Our Daily Bread in 1981: Feeding the Hungry
The first meal service at Our Daily Bread, June 1, 1981 “When we started ODB in a little storefront on the corner of Park Avenue and Franklin Street, we never dreamed it would become as [...]
Our Daily Bread in 1979: Making plans to help
Sister Josanna Abromaitis, SSND The origins of Our Daily Bread lie in the National Shrine of the Basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary, where the nuns and volunteers would distribute food to those who knocked [...]
Sharing Joy, and Music, at Gallagher Services
“When my wife and I first got married, we started looking for a place to serve, and that led us to Catholic Charities,” said Jeff Weber, a long-time volunteer at Gallagher Services for Individuals with [...]
Serve As He Has Served Us
As a youth minister, it’s always challenging to pass on the idea of service to teenagers. Many teenagers want to serve, but don’t know what to do. Others have the idea that service means shoveling [...]
Scott Grimshaw Helps Sarah’s House Guests Learn to Shine
Volunteer Scott Grimshaw has been donating his time and talent to Sarah’s House for the past 17 years. Having previously worked with the Prince Georges County Intervention Suicide Hotline, Scott came to our program with [...]
Sailors Visiting Baltimore for “Sailabration” Stop by ODBEC to Serve Breakfast, Lunch
(left to right) Louie Beasley, Susan Hammond, Tom Rooney, Roxanne Rhoades, Savannah Hutchins, Sean Kershaw and Candyce Tillman On Friday, June 15, sailors from the USS Constitution stopped by Our Daily Bread Employment Center to help [...]