A STABLE ENVIRONMENT CHANGES EVERYTHING
With compassion and respect, Martin's House and Barn is helping families and future generations with their basic needs of food, clothing, and housing.
Mission
Martin's House & Barn helps meet basic human needs.
- About Us
Martin’s House & Barn provides a safety net for individuals and families needing special support during difficult times in their lives. The organization was founded in 1983 as St. Martin’s Barn by the Benedictine Sisters of Ridgely, Maryland.
A non-denominational non-profit that has served the poor and homeless on the Eastern Shore for nearly 40 years, Martin’s House & Barn helps clients find resources to overcome barriers to self-sufficiency while providing essential shelter, food, and clothing to those in need.
Martin’s House & Barn honors St. Martin de Porres, a Peruvian monk born of a slave in 1579 in Lima and known for his values of racial harmony, humility, unremitting care, and concern for the poor, children, and the sick.
Offering a Family Shelter, an Emergency Food Pantry, a Thrift Shop, and Homelessness Prevention Services, Martin’s House & Barn has transformed thousands of lives.
Transformative Impact
How Martin's House & Barn's is helping to meet basic human needs
6,500
Bed nights provided each year
250
Families receive food each month
600
Women and children helped
10,000
Pounds of food distributed each month
Our Staff & Board
Martin's House & Barn Staff
To contact our staff by phone, please dial 410-634-2537, with extensions as noted below.
Administrative/Development Office
Deborah Hudson Vornbrock – Executive Director, ext. 102
Ouida Joi Cooper-Rodriguez – Director of Programming for Homelessness and Housing Services, ext. 119
Sanita Newsome – Executive/Development Assistant, ext. 101
Angelique Wangner – Finance Officer (Richard C. Graves CPA & Associates, LLC), ext. 103
Barn/Resource Center
Odette Boyce-Galvez – Barn Manager, Barn Resource Center and Emergency Food Pantry, ext. 111
Lorna Baker – Food Pantry Administrative Assistant, ext. 110
Vanessa Boyce – Warehouse Assistant
Kathy Myers – Warehouse Assistant
D’Andrea Ryan – Facility Support
Martin’s House Staff
Ouida Joi Cooper-Rodriguez – Director of Programming for Homelessness and Housing Services, ext. 119
Heidi Walker – Program Coordinator, ext. 104
Natalie Moore – Senior Family Support Assistant, ext. 118
Pam Catalano – Family Support Assistant, ext. 118
Courtney Elborn – Family Support Assistant, ext. 118Claire Stevens – Family Support Assistant, ext. 118
Dawn Wood – Family Support Assistant, ext. 118Martin's House & Barn Board of Directors
Rick Lincicome – Co-Chair
David May – Co-Chair
Kevin Daney – Vice Chair
Mark Callahan – Treasurer
Sara Rich – Secretary
Mitchell Arden
Joy Burdin
Dina Daly
Cheryl Flota
Mark Freestate
Tod Smith
Sr. Patricia Gamgort, OSB - Executive Director Emerita
We've already helped thousands of people... and we're not done yet.
We need your help!
Your support makes it possible
To help families who come to us for food, clothing and shelter. Volunteers are the backbone of Martin's House and Barn and are always needed.
Together we can continue to make a difference for families in need.
There are many ways you can help
From volunteering your time at the Barn or Resource Center to volunteering at the house. You could host a food drive, donate food or clothing. Or, if you're able, you could make a monetary donation as well. Let us know how you'd like to help!
- More information
Charitable Adult Rides (CARS): Donate your car, truck, motorcycle, RV, or boat
Click here for information on how you can donate or call Deborah at 410.634.2537 x102. CARS manages the donation process, from pick-up to receipt, and then we receive your donation.
AmazonSmile: If you shop at Amazon, you can choose Martin's House and Barn as your preferred charity and Amazon will donate a portion of your purchase to us every time you shop! Please note that you will need to use smile.Amazon.com when you shop for us to receive the donations. Click here to set us up as your preferred charity (Please enter Martin's House and Barn in the search engine).
GoodShop: If you use GoodShop for online coupons and shopping, you can choose to support Martin's House and Barn. Click here to get started (Please enter St. Martins Ministries in the search engine.)
Redner’s Save-A-Tape:If you shop at Redner’s, each time you use your Redner’s Card, save the receipts and send them to Martin’s House and Barn c/o Development Assistant P.O. Box 996 Ridgely, MD 21660. Redner’s gives us 1% of the total amount of receipts we receive.
"To generous souls, every task is noble"
-Euripides
Donate
Any amount helps us continue to provide assistance to those in need.
- Contact Us
Please reach out. Together, we can achieve more!
Martin's House & Barn
We help meet basic human needs
Physical Address
Ridgely, MD 21660
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 996
Ridgely, MD 21660
Phone: 410-634-2537
Food Assistance, ext. 111
Shelter Assistance, ext. 118
Email: info@
Martin's House Hours
Daily, 6 a.m. - 11 p.m.
Martin's Barn Hours
Tues, Thurs, Fri, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Wed, 6-7:30 p.m.
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