The OLPH Salt Ministry

Serving All With Love Together

Volunteer With SALT

SALT brings yummy food, unconditional love, and hope for a better tomorrow to our friends living on the margins in Baltimore City. Our core team needs more hands every weekend:
•  Food preparation
•  Making lunches
•  Assembling blessing bags
•  Baking goodies
•  Serving downtown

Sign up to serve
Beginning September 2026, all volunteers sign up in advance so we can plan the right number of spots.
First time serving offsite? Please review the steps and permission forms below before your first shift.
Questions? Contact: olphsalt@gmail.com

Donate Supplies

Along with food, our crews hand out basic hygiene items and clothing to our friends downtown. These are the items we need most right now:
•  Men’s and women’s underwear
•  Socks
•  Wipes
•  Used clothing, especially men’s
•  Individually wrapped toothbrushes
•  Toothpaste
•  Shampoo, mini bottles

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Used clothing and other in-person donations can be dropped off at the Parish Center during office hours.
Questions? Contact: olphsalt@gmail.com

SALT brings yummy food, unconditional love, and hope for a better tomorrow to our many friends struggling with life on the margins in Baltimore City and the surrounding communities.

A core team of parishioners keeps SALT going every weekend. To continue meeting the needs of the neediest among us, we need your help to make a difference!

There are many ways to serve: food preparation, making lunches, providing blessing bags, baking goodies, and serving downtown.

 

What do I need to do before going offsite?

Going to locations other than OLPH or your home requires a few steps.

1. Adults will need to fill out a waiver. Click to download the Adult Permission Form

2. If you are bringing a child, you must fill out a waiver for your child(ren). Click to download the Youth Permission Form. Please note that if you are bringing children, one site will be designated for them to ensure that people in the children’s group are Shield certified. Also, please remember that children cannot be dropped off without their parents or other authorized adult accompanying them.

3. During this time, it is essential that our volunteers sign up to serve in SALT positions before arrival. In addition, to signing up, you are also acknowledging the Assumption of Risk (attached) and adhering to the Health Assessment and Ministry Participation Guidelines noted below. Thank you for working with us to serve our neighbors in need as we try to remain safe and healthy.

4. Completed paperwork should be returned to a SALT Crew Leader on a volunteer’s first day of serving with SALT.

5. Read and utilize OLPH Salt Ministry Guide

Beginning in September 2026, all volunteers who need service hours must sign up in advance. Because the number of volunteer positions is limited, we need to know in advance how many volunteers will be attending so we can plan appropriately and ensure everyone has a meaningful role. Students who arrive without signing up may not be able to volunteer or receive service-hour credit if we have already reached our planned number of volunteers. If you sign up and are no longer able to volunteer, please let us know so we can make that spot available to someone else.

Questions? Contact: olphsalt@gmail.com

Where SALT Serves | Where SALT Meets

 

SALT serves two Baltimore City locations:

Saturday’s crew serves near The Weinberg Housing and Resource Center, located at  Fallsway 620 Fallsway, Baltimore, MD 21202
Sunday’s crew serves outside the Powell Drug Treatment Center, located at 14 S Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21231.

We meet in the Parish Center Kitchen Saturdays and Sundays to prep food, organize items going downtown, load up cars, and/or serve at our Baltimore City locations. You can sign-up to help prep and/or serve. This is a great opportunity to get service hours in and have some fun with other parish members.
 

Where does SALT serve?

SALT serves in multiple locations and a variety of ways.:

Assemble Bagged Lunches in Parish Center Kitchen
Join us any Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday afternoon between 4-7 pm.  Arrive when you can and stay for as long as you are able. Activities include bagging donuts, packing lunch items, and making sandwiches. Register to assemble sandwiches by clicking here.
 
Prep, Load, and/or Deliver bagged lunches to Business Partners. We will meet in the Parish Center Kitchen Saturdays and Sundays to prep food, load up cars, and/or deliver to specific destinations in Baltimore City. You can sign-up to help prep, load, and/or drive. Register to load or deliver food for the needy by clicking here. 
 

Friday Night Meal Ministry at St. Vincent de Paul in Baltimore City.
A team of parishioners prepares food at OLPH in the Parish Center kitchen, then delivers and serves it to the hungry and homeless at St. Vincent de Paul Church, located at the corner of E. Fayette and the Jones Falls Expressway. On the Fifth Friday of the month, OLPH provides the entire meal, which is served at St. Vincent de Paul Church. Click here to sign up to help on a Fifth Friday. Before heading downtown, see “What do I do to go offsite” below. Friday Night Meal Ministry is currently paused due to COVID-19.