The Capital Area Food Bank advises starting from the ground up by strengthening individuals and organizations active in the community to serve the needs of the community better. This is the philosophy behind Project Kitchen Table, an initiative of The Wal-Mart Foundation that will help faith-based feeding programs in Washington, DC assess their needs and [...]
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For many busy nonprofits, getting involved in public policy through advocacy may seem overwhelming. But it doesn’t have to be. The 2011 Northern Virginia Hunger Summit is an opportunity for you to see how simple, yet powerful public policy can be. The one-day summit will be held Friday, September 30, 2011 at the First Baptist [...]
Hunger knows no temperature. This is the lesson I learned on Friday, July 22 at the Capital Area Food Bank’s distribution at Langley Park Community Center in Hyattsville, Maryland. Despite record-breaking temperatures of 105 degrees, over 250 individuals and families lined up to receive the fresh produce and bags of shelf-stable food items at the [...]
The Capital Area Food Bank recently launched two food pantries that will provide free groceries to families at a place that is familiar, accessible and has a strong presence in the community – local schools. I can still remember rushing home from elementary school, eager for the programming on TV, running around with neighborhood friends, [...]
How did the Capital Area Food Bank impact the lives of people dealing with hunger this Thanksgiving? Read what they had to say: – “I didn’t know how I was going to afford a Thanksgiving meal.”- “This donation is a great blessing.”- “Now my family can sit down together to give our thanks and show [...]
How can I best serve people in need? I ask myself this question every time I talk to a client looking for food assistance on the food bank’s Hunger Lifeline. I ponder the question as I’m planning one of the three direct food distributions the CAFB coordinates in D.C., Maryland and Virginia. And I think [...]
When it comes to time, people in poverty value the present. People in the middle class focus on the future, while the upper class is most concerned with the past, such as long-standing traditions and legacies. How do these values influence the way members of each class spend their time? This was just one of [...]