Protecting SNAP is a Priority
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is still in danger of major cuts. Read More
Food Assistance Needs Your Immediate Support
Your calls are critical to the success of strengthening the nutrition title in the Farm Bill and potentially reviving Senator Gillibrand’s amendment. Read More
Tell Your Senators to Protect Hunger-Relief Programs
The programs in the Farm Bill that help feed the hungry are in jeopardy of being drastically reduced. Read More
Help Protect Food Assistance Programs
Your support is urgently needed! Please reach out to your Congressional representatives and ask them to support the Farm Bill’s food assistance programs. Proposed spending… Read More
Still Time to Sign
The Capital Area Food Bank thanks local U.S. Representatives Jim Moran (D-VA) and Frank Wolf (R-VA) as well as Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) for… Read More
Help Our Food Banks
U.S. Representatives Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Marcia Fudge (D-OH) are circulating a bipartisan “Dear Colleague” letter (see below) in the U.S. House of Representatives urging… Read More
Community Outreach Council Will Address Hunger Issues
A single person with a great idea can make a positive change. Now, imagine that you fill a room with such people and give them… Read More
What is SNAP and Why is it Important?
Picture yourself coming home after a long day of work. Your kids are doing homework, the evening news is on, and your 6-year old daughter… Read More
D.C. Council Passes Emergency Loan Forgiveness
The Capital Area Food Bank would like to thank D.C. Ward 3 Councilwoman Mary Cheh, D.C .At-Large Councilman Michael Brown, and Drew Newman Legislative Council… Read More
Action Alert: Help Extend the Good Samaritan Act
As stated in a recent article in The Washington Post, corporate giving to the Capital Area Food Bank is down by 20 % from… Read More