Updated December 21, 2011 In this time of holiday merriment and giving, we have already asked you to support our Share the Harvest Gift Project, which enables the CAFB to work with local farms to provide healthy, fresh produce to members of our communities that often go without. Whether you have purchased a gift already [...]
Nutrition Education
The Capital Area Food Bank’s very own Lynn Brantley was recently honored by the White House as a Champion of Change. She was among ten local leaders who were highlighted for their efforts in improving the lives of others through charitable work, faith and advocacy. She shared her thoughts on the issue of hunger via [...]
It’s not easy to find the right holiday gift for everyone. Your mom’s no help. Instead of giving you a list she tells you, “I’m just happy that the whole family is together.” Your uncle has every toy an adult could possibly own and any he doesn’t, you can’t afford anyway. And your friends are [...]
Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church, one of the Capital Area Food Bank’s community partners, is going above and beyond the call to feed those in need by combining their regular food distributions with informative nutrition education classes. On Wednesday, November 9th, I attended one of these classes, which are held at the church’s social hall. About [...]
Catherine Warner is quite a fixture in the Falls Church community. Born and raised in Falls Church, Catherine later married local blues legend, Haywood “Sonny” Warner, with whom she raised four children. As she grew older, she took up a cafeteria position at Washington Lee High School. A student favorite for over 10 years, kids [...]
For years, I have wanted to find a way to make the youth garden space at Clagett Farm feel more inviting and energized for the young participants of the Farm Youth Initiative program. A mural seemed like a good first step in making that a reality. Thanks to our friends at Common Good City Farm, [...]
I’d like to share with you all a video that one of our Kids Cafe® sites created of our September Snack Box lesson – the Fruit Party Parfait. Check it out below. The Snack Box program delivers healthy snack ingredients along with recipes and educational materials to Kids Café sites so that site leaders [...]
“What can I do with this?” a young mom asks holding up a head of cabbage. This is a frequently asked question at a food pantry distribution; and one the Nutrition Education Department at the Capital Area Food Bank is tackling head on. Each year, the CAFB distributes nearly 30 million pounds of food – [...]
This past weekend, many celebrated and paid tribute to their mothers, but for thousands of mothers in the National Capital Region, there wasn’t much to celebrate. Since 2006, hunger in the Washington metro area has increased 25 percent and over 641,000 residents are struggling to get enough food to eat. After rent, transportation and [...]
Each spring and fall the Food For Kids team organizes Community Forums for the Kids Cafe® and Weekend Bag site leaders that run these children’s food programs. Fifty-nine site leaders participated in the latest round of Community Forums held on March 24th & 25th. Special thanks go to Allen Chapel AME Church and Fairlington Community [...]