The Byron McKenney Powell Free Community Market at Beth Am Synagogue provides free food to anyone who visits. The market is open every Thursday morning from 7:30am to Noon. The market is a distribution partner of the Maryland Food Bank.
Visitors to the market do not need to provide any identification or information and are only asked to sign in with a first name to keep track of how many visitors we receive.
Items at the market vary from week to week and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. A typical week at the market will generally have some of these items, but quantities will vary:
The Byron McKenney Powell Free Community Market is named in honor of Byron McKenney-Powell, a Beth Am member who passed away in April 2024 and was passionate about providing food to community members in need. Byron’s mom, Desiree McKenney-Powell, officially dedicated the market at an opening ceremony on August 28, 2025. Read about the opening in the Baltimore Jewish Times.
If you have any questions about the market, please email Evan Serpick, serpick@gmail.com.
