Since our founding in 2013, JSM has been privileged to serve the following food pantries at one time or another:
- Assumption/Pope Francis, Martin Luther King Avenue, SE, (M,W,F 9AM-Noon)
- Holy Name of Jesus, 11th and K Street, NE (2nd Thursday 10AM-Noon; or by appointment with Cheryl)
- St. Thomas More, 4th Street, SE (2nd and 4th Fridays, 10AM-Noon)
- St. Vincent de Paul, South Capitol and M Streets, SE (4th Saturday, 9AM-11AM)
- St. Luke, East Capitol Street, SE (Last Thursday 10AM-Noon)
- St. Francis Xavier, Pennsylvania Avenue (O Street Side), SE (2nd Saturday 9AM-11AM)
- Father McKenna Center, North Capitol and Eye Streets, NW (M, Tu, Th, F 1:30-2:30PM)
- Covenant Baptist United Church, South Capitol Street, SE (Every Thursday 9:30AM-12:30PM)
- St. Anthony’s, 12th and Monroe NE (Last 2 Wednesdays, (9AM-Noon)
- St. Francis de Sales, 20th and Rhode Island Avenue, NE (3rd Saturday 8AM-11AM)
- John S. Mulholland Food Pantry, 18th and Monroe Streets, NE (3rd Friday, 4PM-5PM)
To a lesser degree, we have served other organizations in the District and in Maryland, when they have asked and we have been in the fortunate position to help.
We are grateful for the positive relationships we have enjoyed with partners at Capital Area Food Bank, Greg Gannon Canned Food Drive (GGCFD), Thrive DC, SHARE Food Network at Blessed Sacrament, So Others Might Eat, Friendship Place, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, Oblate Sisters of the Holy Eucharist, Shepherds Table, and Fr. Michael’s Ministry.
These Pantries have one thing in common — serving the food insecure, working poor of Washington with kindness and dignity, regardless of race or religion or station, and without judgment. The only requirement is an expression of need.
The Pantries serve countless number of families, but the need far exceeds the supply in many cases. The John S. Mulholland Family Foundation was founded to augment the Pantries by seeking donations of canned and packaged foods from throughout the region – from churches, schools, corporations, clubs and civic organizations – and monetary donations to provide perishable foods, such as fresh produce, poultry, meat, milk and eggs, previously not offered. Our highly successful food drives — one during Lent and our highly acclaimed, one-of-a-kind Summer in the City between Memorial Day and Labor Day — are augmented by drives at other times, at our four partner high schools (Academy of the Holy Cross, Elizabeth Seton, Archbishop Carroll and Georgetown Visitation), GGCFD, and corporate drives at companies such as Greystone.
The Foundation is not affiliated with any religion or organization. Our mission is simply to assist those already doing God’s work within a stone’s throw from the U.S. Capitol – to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry in the greatest city in the world, that no family is left in need, that no call is left unanswered.
These neighborhoods in our Nation’s Capital have among the highest poverty rates, food insecurity, and hunger rates of the U.S. National averages. These are good families, some multi-generational, many retirees and veterans, living on minimum wage and a suffering social service system.
Since 2013, the number of families served each month has grown, in spite of a pandemic, a national distribution crisis, and economic uncertainty, but JSM has not skipped a beat in completing our mission.