The staff of the Capital Area Food Bank recently held a celebration honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. and commemorating the food bank’s 32 years of service. Founded on MLK Jr.’s birthday, the food bank’s work is guided by his words. Dr. King’s words speak to an interdependent and interconnected world. “We are caught in an [...]
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Food Network Stars and Whole Foods Market Lend A Helping Hand During Holiday Season
By Shamia Holloway
December 7, 2011
Two judges from Food Network’s “Chopped” recently visited the P Street Whole Foods Market to purchase food for the Capital Area Food Bank. Chefs Marc Murphy and Amanda Freitag, in partnership with Share Our Strength and Whole Foods, shopped and collected food to help raise awareness of childhood hunger in America. My colleague, Brian Banks, [...]
Blog post submitted by Jennifer Saunders of Soapbox Marketing It started when two marketing professionals, Eddie Fam and Kelly Jan, were talking about how business networking was starting to feel more like a necessary evil than an invigorating exchange to promote mutual commerce. Why couldn’t time that was spent pursuing business connections lead to something [...]
Updated December 21, 2011 From a volunteer perspective: blog post written by Jay Landreth, Volunteer with the Capital Area Food Bank: These Caps fans were feeling loose because of the Thanksgiving Holiday. Thousands of pounds of food walked into the Verizon Center destined for distribution to individuals who were unemployed, under-employed, homeless, struggling to keep their homes [...]
Come out and support the Capital Area Food Bank for our 10th annual Stuff-A-Truck food drive on Friday, December 2, 2011.
Now through July 24th, Safeway is providing a quick and easy way to make a difference in your community. While visiting your local Safeway store, pick up a pre-filled bag of groceries at the Help Us End Hunger display, purchase the bag full of food for $10 and place it in the Capital Area Food [...]
by Loretta M. DeLuca, CEO, DelCor (Silver Spring, MD) DelCor started the .org Community Food Drive nine years ago because we wanted to increase our community impact. That first year, we collected a ton of food. Last year, our 8th, we decided to give our participants another way to support the Capital Area Food Bank. [...]
Mark your calendar! The 19th Annual National Association Of Letter Carriers’ Food Drive is this Saturday, May 14th. You can help nourish those struggling with hunger in three easy steps: Collect a bag full of non-perishable foods. Leave the bag at your mailbox on Saturday, May 14th – your local letter carrier will pick up the [...]
Any plans for this weekend? Why don’t you join Noodles and Company in supporting the Capital Area Food Bank! On Sunday, March 27th and Monday, March 28th Noodles and Company is offering a free bowl of their signature Mac and Cheese or one of their new special flavors in exchange for a donation of three boxes [...]
Local personal training company The Body You Want is hosting a protein drive for the CAFB. Owner Josef Brandenburg believes that this is a perfect time for people to get in shape while helping those in need. Brandenburg is asking the community to bring non-perishable protein to 1070 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW. The Body You [...]