Media Coverage
April 18, 2012 NBC 4 – By Tracee Wilkins – Capital Area Food Bank Receives New Truck from Walmart
April 16, 2012 WUSA 9 – Interview by J.C. Hayward — 9th Blue Jeans Ball Arrives Sunday To Benefit Capital Area Food Bank
April 16, 2012 WUSA 9 – Interview by J.C. Hayward – Carmine’s Chef Terry Natas Gives Cooking Demonstration and Talks about the Blue Jeans Ball
News Releases
4/27/12 – Rising Food Prices and High Unemployment Undermine the Food Security of Those in Need
Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization, today released “Map the Meal Gap 2012,” which provides estimates of food insecurity at the county and congressional district level.
4/25/12 – The Capital Area Food Bank’s 9th Annual Blue Jeans Ball Raised Record Funds for Residents in Need
More than 900 denim-clad guests gathered at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel on Sunday for the Capital Area Food Bank’s 9th Annual Blue Jeans Ball, and helped raise $416,000 for residents struggling with hunger in the Washington metro area, exceeding last year’s total by $100,000.
11/12/11 – Local Scout Council, CAFB, WUSA9-TV, Safeway and The Washington Examiner team up and launch 25th annual food drive to help end hunger
With area food demand up 25 percent, Boy Scouts today traveled 16 counties in Maryland and Northern Virginia to collect bags full of food that will help nourish the area’s hungry.