At our recent Weekend Food for Kids event, Assistance League of Northern Virginia’s army of volunteers gathered again to pack 1840 bags of nonperishable food. The food was then delivered to six Title 1 elementary schools:  three in Fairfax County (Garfield, Lynbrook and Pine Spring) and three in Prince William counties (Sudley, Loch Lomond and Yorkshire). Along with the food delivery, we also provided grocery gift cards to Cora Kelly Elementary in Alexandria, and ‘emergency’ cards to the families of students at the six schools receiving food bags.

This amazing task could not have been accomplished without our partners at Dominion Energy, who offer the space in their building, provide volunteers to help package the food and then transport the food to the schools. Also joining us this month was a group of volunteers from NW Federal Credit Union. Community support such as theirs allows us to continue to serve the most vulnerable students in our schools.