Food Programs

Inland North County – Assistance League donates $20,000 for food to Interfaith Community Services

From left, Veronica Blea, Interfaith’s director of Supportive Services, Diana Chambers, Assistance League of Inland North County’s president and Melinda Jarrell, the League’s VP of Resource Development. The nonprofit Escondido-based Assistance League of Inland North County donated $20,000 to Interfaith Community Services Food Pantry to help area families in need of food during the COVID-19 […]

Northern Virginia – Assistance League Helps Meet Needs For Local Families

Assistance League of Northern Virginia is pleased to report that the chapter delivered 400 additional $20 grocery gift cards in January to students and their families at six local elementary schools that had been receiving its monthly distribution of weekend food bags. The nonprofit knows this assistance helps some of the most disadvantaged in the […]

Northern Virginia – Assistance League Receives Grant From No Child Goes Hungry

Funds Will Be Used To Buy Grocery Gift Cards for Local Families Assistance League of Northern Virginia is grateful to have received a grant from No Child Goes Hungry, a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating childhood hunger. No Child Goes Hungry connects charitable organizations that work to reduce food insecurity on a local level with […]

Northern Virginia – Adapts Programs to COVID Conditions

Assistance League of Northern Virginia distributed another 400 $20 grocery gift cards in October to families at the six schools that normally would have received the Weekend Food for Kids food bags. The charity’s contacts at those schools have relayed the deep appreciation of the recipient families. Those expressions of gratitude include one from a […]

Northern Virginia – Grocery Gift Card Distribution Provides Assistance During Covid-19 Crisis — Helps Meet Food Needs

Assistance League of Northern Virginia reports that its Weekend Food for Kids program, which was modified because of COVID-19, is still helping food-insecure elementary school children and their families this summer. Since mid-March, when schools were abruptly closed across Virginia, the organization has been distributing grocery store gift cards to four of the six schools […]

Coppell – Participates with Sack Summer Hunger

Assistance League of Coppell was pleased to donate $5,000 to Sack Summer Hunger, a program sponsored in Coppell by Metrocrest Services and Coppell Cares. The program distributes easy-to-prepare, kid-friendly meals and snacks to families in Coppell who qualify for free or reduced-rate lunches during the school year. With the spread of COVID-19, the need has […]