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Supporting Healthy Babies and Healthy Families: An Overview of So What Else’s Baby Pantry Services

As a resource provider, So What Else feels that it is critically important that we take a whole-family approach to the support we provide our clients. That’s why in 2020, So What Else expanded support to underserved families by providing diapers,…

Learn More About the So What Else Home Delivery Program

When you think of the So What Else hunger relief program, you probably picture long lines at a food distribution and crowds of people carrying large boxes filled to the brim with food. But did you know we also serve the community through a robust…

We Must Take a Stand

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Our nonprofit, So What Else (SWE), is the largest food distributor in Montgomery County, and yet we may lose the ability to fully provide for our clients because of a financial deficit at year-end caused by worsening inflation, increased demand…

Thank you for making this Thanksgiving our most successful yet!

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Coming into November, we were unsure if we’d be able to meet the demands of our clients. It’s been a tough year for nonprofits, and So What Else is no exception. With 10,000 families relying on our Montgomery County, DC, and Baltimore teams…

A Full Circle Moment: Daryl’s Story

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Daryl’s life didn’t start off easy. Growing up in the Wingate community of Washington, DC, he often recalls there being rampant violence in his neighborhood growing up. His mother, hoping to give him a better way, enrolled him in a So What…

Join the Launch Cares Student Challenge

For Students 18 and Younger If you're a student looking to make an impact- and get rewarded while doing it, join the So What Else / Launch Cares Student Challenge! From now until October 20th, help us promote this year's race and receive…

Sending Donations Where They’re Needed Most

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Months ago, our team in North Bethesda received a large donation unlike any other. While the team is used to receiving miscellaneous items and unrecognizable food items, they’d never imagined they’d be asked to take in hundreds of thousands…

New Food Pantry Grand Opening

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On Saturday, July 22nd, we unveiled our newly relocated Montgomery County Pantry and Thrift Store and were humbled by the outpouring of support we received. Sponsors, dignitaries, and supporters from all over the state joined us in ushering…

Food Access For All!

Since the onset of the pandemic, So What Else has launched headfirst into the world of food recovery with one singular guiding principle: everyone deserves access to food. So we could think of no better way to demonstrate this than by sharing…

Help Provide Summer Nutrition for Children

We need your help to ensure food access for underserved youth this summer. As you may already know, we host several community-based camps across the Washington metropolitan area each summer, completely free of charge. In doing so, we provide…

Contact Details

So What Else Food Rescue Bank: 4924 Wyaconda Rd, North Bethesda, MD 20852

Baltimore Resource Center: 424 S Pulaski St, Baltimore, MD 21223

Contact us! 

Email: info@sowhatelse.org
Fax: (240) 778-2660
EIN #: 27-1219231

So What Else, Inc. Office: 6901 Rockledge Drive, Suite 709, Bethesda, MD 20817 (Only for Mail- Do not come to this address)