FAQs

The MTA bus routes #21, #56 and the Pink Link drops you within 3 blocks of our building, at Monument and Milton. You could also take the Metro to the Hopkins stop and then take any east-bound bus on Monument, getting off at Milton and walk three blocks north, or walk approximately 10 blocks from the Metro station to us.

There is free street parking on all the streets around our building, as well as in the gravel lot just across from our entrance at corner of Milton and Eager.

If you are sick, getting sick, or getting over being sick, do not come in. Our clients have compromised immune systems, and it is with utmost importance we do not take any health risks. Thank you for keeping our clients in mind.

The Moveable Feast Kitchen is a commercial production kitchen which has specific requirements and guidelines to ensure everyone’s safety. These following elements are important for our Clients’ welfare and our volunteer’s safety.

Food Safety: Staff and volunteers must follow strict sanitary guidelines which include: hand washing, wearing hair nets, aprons and gloves, and proper food handling practices. Moveable Feast provides all necessary kitchen gear.

Personal Safety: Requires the physical ability to work in cold temperatures (such as freezers), standing for up to 3 hours, working with kitchen equipment, lifting up to 25 lbs. and full dexterity to handle food, knives and carts.

Please note that shift tasks vary by production needs. If you have physical restrictions, please contact Volunteer Services to see if accommodations can be made.

We understand that things come up. To cancel a shift, please log-in to your VolunteerHub account and cancel the shift on-line, if possible no later than 6 hours before your scheduled shift. This helps greatly with our planning and work assignment processes.

If an emergency arises on the day of your scheduled shift, please call or text us at (410) 441-5934 or email our Volunteer Services office to be sure we know that you won’t be coming.

Food Safety: Staff and volunteers must follow strict sanitary guidelines which include: hand washing, wearing hair nets, aprons and gloves, and proper food handling practices. Moveable Feast provides all necessary kitchen gear.

Personal Safety: Requires the physical ability to work in cold temperatures (such as freezers), standing for up to 3 hours, working with kitchen equipment, lifting up to 25 lbs. and full dexterity to handle food, knives and carts.

Please note that shift tasks vary by production needs. If you have physical restrictions, please contact Volunteer Services to see if accommodations can be made.

Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.

If an emergency arises on the day of your scheduled shift, please call (410) 441-5934 or email Volunteer Services to be sure we know that you won’t be coming.

Food Safety: Staff and volunteers must follow strict sanitary guidelines which include: hand washing, wearing hair nets, aprons and gloves, and proper food handling practices. Moveable Feast provides all necessary kitchen gear.

Personal Safety: Requires the physical ability to work in cold temperatures (such as freezers), standing for up to 3 hours, working with kitchen equipment, lifting up to 25 lbs. and full dexterity to handle food, knives and carts.

Please note that shift tasks vary by production needs. If you have physical restrictions, please contact Volunteer Services to see if accommodations can be made.

Moveable Feast is dedicated to the safety and protection of everyone we work with—staff, volunteers, and clients alike. To maintain our commitment, we are now conducting background checks for all delivery drivers and other volunteers who are in direct contact with clients.

Who Will Need a Background Check?

• 1. Drivers or volunteers with repetitive client contact (2 or more visits with the same client within a year).
• 2. Volunteers who have access to client’s personal health information.
• 3. Have access to property or money as part of their duties.

What Will the Background Check Include?

• Identity verification and legal aliases.

• A national search of sex offender registries and criminal records.

• A check for excluded individuals in healthcare programs.

• Driving record checks for those whose role involves driving.

Key Points:

1. Background checks will be conducted before volunteer service starts (or continues) and must be renewed annually. Background checks will be conducted by a third-party service and Moveable Feast will cover any associated costs.

2. Moveable Feast will handle this process fairly and confidentially, in line with state and federal laws.

3. Volunteers will be deemed ineligible for volunteer service if the person: refuses to consent to a criminal background check, makes a false statement in connection with such criminal background check, is registered, or required to be registered on any sex offender registry, has been convicted of a felony, or has been convicted within the past 5 years of a misdemeanor involving: physical assault or battery, the sale of drugs or controlled substances, embezzlement or theft of property, or any crime involving use of a gun or weapon, is indicated on any applicable healthcare employment exclusion list. For exclusions not listed above, Moveable Feast will evaluate those instances on a case-by-case basis.

Due Date:

Current delivery drivers will have 36 days to complete their background checks starting October 21, 2024. If a background check is not completed within that time, volunteers will not be able to continue their volunteer service until the background check has been completed and eligibility is confirmed. New delivery drivers will have up to 7 days to complete their background check in order to move forward in the approval process.

Questions? If you have any questions or concerns, please to reach out to Gray at ghargrove@mfeast.org or call (410) 441-5934. Additional information or a copy of our Background Check Policy can also be provided.

We have lockers available and will lend you a padlock while you’re here. We ask that volunteer groups share lockers when they visit due to a limited number of available lockers.

Moveable Feast is not responsible for lost or stolen items.

If an emergency arises on the day of your scheduled shift, please call (410) 441-5934 or email our Volunteer Services office to be sure we know that you won’t be coming.

Food Safety: Staff and volunteers must follow strict sanitary guidelines which include: hand washing, wearing hair nets, aprons and gloves, and proper food handling practices. Moveable Feast provides all necessary kitchen gear.

Personal Safety: Requires the physical ability to work in cold temperatures (such as freezers), standing for up to 3 hours, working with kitchen equipment, lifting up to 25 lbs. and full dexterity to handle food, knives and carts.

Please note that shift tasks vary by production needs. If you have physical restrictions, please contact Volunteer Services to see if accommodations can be made.

That depends on your volunteer role:

• Office and Client Services volunteers should come in business casual attire.
• Kitchen volunteers should be in attire that aligns with our safety policies:
  • No shorts
  • No open-toed shoes
  • No heels (stiletto, kitten, wedge, etc.)
  • No tank tops (tee-shirts and short sleeves are fine)
  • No dangly jewelry that are at risk of falling into the food
  • Kitchen volunteers must wear hairnets, gloves and aprons that we provide
  • Please do not wear headphones in the kitchen
  • Maintain good personal hygiene

You may keep your cell phones on you, but please take phone calls in the hallway for safety purposes. Change your gloves before handling food.

Snapping photos in the kitchen of your group volunteering is part of the fun! Please do not photograph anyone, including staff, unless they have explicitly agreed to be in your photo. We encourage you to post your images to your social media sites, tag Moveable Feast and include our hashtag #mfeastbmore.

The same guidelines apply to videography.

Videotaping requires advance permission from the lead kitchen staff and will depend on what projects are taking place in the kitchen at the time.

We have a full break room and encourage individual and group volunteers to bring snacks/lunch! Label your food and stow them in our shared volunteer refrigerator. We do ask that you help keep our facilities clean by tidying up after you are finished with your break.

You can view your volunteer history and pull documentation of your hours through your VolunteerHub account.

Moveable Feast is dedicated to the safety and protection of everyone we work with—staff, volunteers, and clients alike. To maintain our commitment, we are now conducting background checks for all delivery drivers and other volunteers who are in direct contact with clients.

Who Will Need a Background Check?

• 1. Drivers or volunteers with repetitive client contact (2 or more visits with the same client within a year).
• 2. Volunteers who have access to client’s personal health information.
• 3. Have access to property or money as part of their duties.

What Will the Background Check Include?

• Identity verification and legal aliases.
• A national search of sex offender registries and criminal records.
• A check for excluded individuals in healthcare programs.
• Driving record checks for those whose role involves driving.

Key Points:

1. Background checks will be conducted before volunteer service starts (or continues) and must be renewed annually. Background checks will be conducted by a third-party service and Moveable Feast will cover any associated costs.

2. Moveable Feast will handle this process fairly and confidentially, in line with state and federal laws.

3. Volunteers will be deemed ineligible for volunteer service if the person: refuses to consent to a criminal background check, makes a false statement in connection with such criminal background check, is registered, or required to be registered on any sex offender registry, has been convicted of a felony, or has been convicted within the past 5 years of a misdemeanor involving: physical assault or battery, the sale of drugs or controlled substances, embezzlement or theft of property, or any crime involving use of a gun or weapon, is indicated on any applicable healthcare employment exclusion list. For exclusions not listed above, Moveable Feast will evaluate those instances on a case-by-case basis.

Due Date:

Current delivery drivers will have 36 days to complete their background checks starting October 21, 2024. If a background check is not completed within that time, volunteers will not be able to continue their volunteer service until the background check has been completed and eligibility is confirmed. New delivery drivers will have up to 7 days to complete their background check in order to move forward in the approval process.

Questions? If you have any questions or concerns, please to reach out to Gray at ghargrove@mfeast.org or call (410) 441-5934. Additional information or a copy of our Background Check Policy can also be provided.

The minimum volunteer age is 14 years old for the kitchen, with the accompaniment of a parent/guardian who will volunteer alongside and supervise the youth. Each youth volunteer must have a waiver signed by a parent/guardian prior to arrival (if parent/guardian is not present).

For volunteer groups that include youth aged 14-17 years old, the group must be accompanied by one adult supervisor per each five youth and those adults must volunteer alongside and supervise the youth.

For youth younger than 14, please contact Volunteer Services to learn about additional opportunities.

Moveable Feast loves hosting groups! Our kitchen can accommodate up to 10 volunteers at a time, with shifts available every day of the week. Shift availability vary by group size and date – please contact Volunteer Services directly with your volunteering request. On occasion, we can offer group delivery driving, as long as volunteers travel in pairs. If your group would like to volunteer, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator or visit our Group Volunteer page.

Yes! Moveable Feast delivers to Baltimore City and the 6 surrounding counties that touch Baltimore City which includes: Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Harford, Howard, and all 9 counties on the Eastern Shore. We will do our best to create routes that fit your schedule, though we may not always be able to accommodate. To learn more, please visit our Delivery Drivers page.

All product donations must be approved by our staff prior to your arrival. Please contact Gray Hargrove at (410) 441-5934 or ghargrove@mfeast.org with your request. Donations may be turned away if they were not coordinated ahead of time or were not a specific request made by Moveable Feast.

Once a donation has been approved, bring a completed In-Kind Donation form to receive an acknowledgement receipt.

Food Donation Form

Non-Food Donation Form

Thank you for asking this question! We raise all our own funds and every dollar donated helps provide medically tailored, healthy meals to our clients living with HIV/AIDS and other life-challenging illnesses.

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You can also become a fundraiser by participating in one of our Special Events!

Have a question not answered above? Contact Jeff Katz, Director of Community Engagement & Development, for more information.