AFAC's Blog

Thanks in part to another great Boy Scout Food Drive, November was a banner month for food donations. A total of 195,550 lbs were collected from local grocery stores, schools, businesses and congregations. The Boy Scout Food Drive was a record all by itself, bringing in 60,823 lbs compared to last year’s 54,940. And the Washington & Lee Marching Band delivered 212 cases (9,985 lbs!) of fresh oranges donated to AFAC during their annual Citrus Sale. December’s food donations continue to fill our warehouse. 

Student Avery Bailey collected 1341 lbs of food donations for his Boy Scout Eagle Project.  Yorktown High School National Honor Society held a neighborhood food drive – dropping off notices and walking through the neighborhood collecting food donations.

Gardens are still producing! Swiss Chard from Rock Spring Congregational United Church of Christ was donated on December 13th.

CIFI visited AFAC on Monday with a big contribution to support our food distribution. Thanks for coming by for a tour and for your support of AFAC.

Thank you to DoubleTree by Hilton Washington DC – Crystal City for their continued holiday food drive donation and for sharing 625 delicious cookies with AFAC.

It is especially at this time of year, when we have the greatest demand for food, that this kind of help is most appreciated by AFAC and, more importantly, appreciated by our many clients. It is this kind of very deep community support that makes AFAC a unique organization among local food pantries and a true standout nationally.

Thank you to Origins in Clarendon for conducting over 50 facials and makeovers for AFAC supporters during their food drive for AFAC. We are thankful to them and their partners (Bake Shop, Bertuccis, Kinderhaus Toys, Lebanese Taverna, Liberty Tavern, lululemon athletica, Pottery Barn, Red Mango, Urban Halo, and Williams Sonoma).

Light up the Village in Shirlington was a huge success this year. Thank you to the cheerful volunteers who helped visitors with the horse & carriage rides and to the riders for their generous donations to AFAC.

Washington Lee High School Marching Band donated 9985 pounds of oranges in their annual citrus drive for AFAC.

FDIC-Virginia Square’s annual food drive surpassed their total from last year – weighing in at 2821 lbs of donated food!

Thank you to the many businesses, churches, individuals, and schools who are holding Holiday Food Drives for AFAC: Arlington Church of the Brethren, Arlington County, Arlington Traditional School, Barcroft Elementary School – Girl Scout Troop 3750, Body Dynamics, Inc.,  Campbell Elementary School PTA, Courthouse Towers, Crystal City Children’s Center, Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources, Esri, Gunston Middle School, H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program, Halstead Tower by Windsor, HiBall Events, Holistic Point, Jolly Hearts, Montessori School of McLean, Probation & Parole District 10 – Department of Corrections, Rebuilding Together, Resurrection Lutheran Church, Rock Spring Congregational United Church of Christ, Siena Park Apartments, Shirlington Library, St. Ann’s Catholic Church, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Surescripts, The Odyssey, The Office of the Public Defender, The Representative, Trinity Presbyterian Church, Vornado/Charles E. Smith, Westover Preschool, WoodLee Arms Apartment, and Yorktown High School.