Social Concerns Collection

The parish has a weekly collection to assist partner organizations in helping vulnerable people access essential social services. The charities are announced in our bulletin and a basket is located at the entrance of the church for donations. 

Donate Food to SOME (So Others Might Eat) - 2nd Saturday of every month

St. Elizabeth has been providing food to SOME for more than 40 years. Our next 2nd Saturday outreach to SOME will be on June 14, 2025. SOME has resumed hot meal service for their clients! 

SOME's priorities are now chicken (whole or pieces; baked, fried or roasted; or frozen boxed), cooked rice, canned green beans, and fruit. 

SOME has requested that food donations be delivered at 9:00am, so collection time will be earlier. Donations will be collected between 7:30 and 8:15am in front of the school on June 14.

SOME also needs volunteers for the 10:30 am lunch shift. Volunteers assist with plating and serving meals in the dining room and clean-up in the kitchen and dining room. SOME likes to have 12 volunteers for each lunch shift. Families or individuals can sign up to serve. The minimum age for volunteering is 13. Please consider signing up for this important service! Contact Fred Anderson at [email protected] to sign up!

To learn more about SOME, please visit their website: https://some.org/. 

St. Camillus Food Pantry

The pantry's mission is to increase food security of all who are in need. The pantry is staffed by volunteers (including some from St. Elizabeth) and they serve nearly 500 families every weekend. You can donate via Faith Direct. If you have a Faith Direct account, log in and add St. Camillus as a 'One Time Gift' or add as part of a monthly, recurring donation. If you do not have an account, you can create one by visiting faith.direct/MD19, or text 'Enroll' to (301) 888-6290. Alternatively, you can mail your donation to: 1600 St. Camillus Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20903. Learn more: St. Camillus. 

Langley Park

The focus of St. Elizabeth's outreach to the Catholic Community of Langley Park has been on supporting the St. Camillus Food Pantry, working with Our Lady of  Mercy parish in annual collections of school supplies and winter clothing, and providing Advent tree gift cards to help meet priority needs. Food and gift cards collected at St. Elizabeth for the annual Catholic Charities/Archdiocese of Washington Lenten Food Drive are also donated to St. Camillus Food Pantry. Parishioners also occasionally donate gently used household items and children's books for the Center.

Thanksgiving Food Drive

This longstanding, annual collection of gift cards and traditional holiday food provides a complete meal for over 100 needy people in the local area. Sponsored by Community Reach of Montgomery County. 

Advent Giving Tree

Every Advent, we support local families in need by donating gift cards via our virtual Advent Giving Tree. In December 2024, we exceeded our goal and provided hundreds of families with gift cards from Target or Giant. Thank you for your generosity!