Links to the Community Resources

Food Pantries

Catholic Charities, Main Street in Prince Frederick.

Contact Nicole Quinn, 410-535-0865

St. Anthony's Church Ladies of Charity, North Beach.

Contact Bunny Tate, 410-286-7086

Department of Social Services, Prince Frederick.

Contact Betty Merkle, 410-550-6900

SMILE, Lusby.

Contact Marja Gandy, 410-326-0009

Emmanuel 7th Day Adventist Community Pantry, Broomes Island.

Contact Catherine Tyler-King, 410-586-0889

Calvert Churches Community Pantry, Huntingtown.

Contact Robert Robinson, 410-257-1342

Chesapeake Cares Food Pantry, Dunkirk.

Contact Sharon Rogers, 301-855-0994

Blessed Hope House, Lusby.

Contact Mary Jenkins, 410-419-9983

Thrift Shops:

SMILE Service Makes Individual Lives Exciting.  SMILE has a thrift shop and food pantry.  SMILE also offers emergency assistence in a number of ways to the southern end of Calvert (from Broomes Island Road to the southern end of the county).

Thrift Shop at First Lutheran Church in Huntingtown: The church is located on Rt 4 South at the intersection of Rt 2. Lutheran Mission Society brings their "thrift shop" to First Lutheran Church's parking lot for three days each month starting the second Thursday of each month (operating hours are from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday).  This ministry assists families with limited resources. Gently used clothing and small household items are available for a small donation or at no cost. First Lutheran accepts donations on behalf of LMS mobile unit. For more information contact Arlene Rosch at 410-257-3030 ext. 11.

Other Community resources:

Calvert County Health Department is partnering with CIC and other Calvert organizations and agencies to inform the community of the Calvert Pandemic Influenza Planning Project and other health concerns in our community.

Patuxent Habitat for Humanity: Patuxent Habitat for Humanity (PHH) is dedicated to providing decent affordable housing in Calvert and St. Mary's Counties.  It builds houses and sells them to qualified families at cost with no down payment and 30 year interest free mortgage.  The cost is minimized by accepting donated land, building material, and volunteer help.  The homeowners are required to help build their own home by working 200 hours of "sweat equity" for each adult in the family.  Since 2003 PHH has built 9 homes serving 35 children, 4 in Calvert County and 5 in St. Mary's.  2 are currently being built in St Mary's and 3 are planned to start in Calvert early next year.  PHH also operates a "Re-Store" in Lexington Park which sells building materials donated by builders and lumber and hardware stores at approximately half the retail price.  You can help the PHH by organizing volunteers to help build houses or perform administrative help, arrange fund raising, provide lunches for builders, or keep PHH in your prayers.  12 local churches have joined together to formed an "Apostle Build" to build Habitat Houses.

Project Echo, Inc the homeless shelter in Prince Frederick is is a nonprofit agency that provides emergency assistance to homeless people in our community 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. With a capacity of 25 beds, ECHO offers a safe, sober place to stay overnight to homeless men, women, and children on a short-term basis.

Safe Nights Program:  Churches in Calvert will once again take turns in sheltering the homeless throughout the winter months (Nov – March). The Safe Nights program is dedicated to protecting the homeless from the cold by providing shelter in a clean and safe environment.  The program is a consortium of Calvert County faith congregations that are dedicated to a compassionate response to homelessness in Calvert County.  We share a common goal of reaching out to help those who need it the most.

Mary Ann Zaversnik from S t. John Vianney is spearheading this project.

Calvert Interfaith Council

P.O. Box 878

Prince Frederick, Md 20678