Thirty-two years ago on Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday – January 15 – the Capital Area Food Bank opened its doors in response to an immediate need in the Washington metro area. The idea for the food bank was conceived a year earlier by the Interfaith Conference and the United Planning Organization in response to… Read more »
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New Jewelry Line Helps Feed Area Residents in Need
Capital Area Food Bank Ambassador Against Hunger and TV PersonalityPaul Wharton recently launched the fashionable Unto Others Jewelry Line to help local residents struggling to get enough food to eat. The jewelry line features both a necklace and bracelet and was inspired by the little plastic closure found on loaves of bread. With any purchase of… Read more »
Share the Harvest This Holiday Season
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… Read more »
Integrated Services at Work in Ward 8
Through funding from Kaiser Permanente’s Healthy Eating in Hard Times Program, the food bank’s community outreach programs are combining education, outreach and capacity building activities with access to fresh produce to our target pilot sites. This two-year pilot initiative is focusing on Ward 8 communities and seeks to work closely with our targeted partners to… Read more »
The Fruit Party Parfait
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… Read more »
Hunger in the Nation’s Capital
You don’t have to travel far to witness hunger in America. In the shadow of the nation’s capital, hunger can be found in schools, on playgrounds, in assisted living facilities, and more recently in manicured homes of middle-class families. Here in the Washington metro area, hunger is not distended bellies or sunken eyes – but… Read more »
Farm Youth Initiative in Full Swing
In the classroom and out on the farm, kids are learning why it’s better to opt for a fresh apple when choosing snacks. We just finished our eighth week of the Farm Youth Initiative and despite this summer’s heat, our kids seem to love getting out of the city to visit Clagett Farm. A joint… Read more »
Stretching A Dollar
Today, I had the pleasure of conducting a site visit at the Fort Washington Food Pantry, located at and administered by Saint John’s Episcopal Church in Fort Washington, MD. The Fort Washington Food Pantry has been in existence for more than 20 years. I have been an Outreach Coordinator at the food bank for three… Read more »
Commit An Act of Kindness
The food bank is teaming up with KIND to Do the Kind Thing for children in need. We are looking for people to commit one small act of kindness by Tuesday, June 7 (KIND Tuesday). When you commit an act of kindness, KIND will donate funds to our Food for Kids’ Programs and help… Read more »
Everyone Deserves Fresh Produce
The CAFB is making a renewed commitment to provide fresh, nutritious produce to members of our community who are experiencing hunger – many for the first time. We are issuing an urgent appeal for your support to help us increase the amount of fresh produce we distribute to our more than 700 partner agencies. The goal… Read more »