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Super Bowl 44 Champion, Cleveland Browns Free Safety and friend of the food bank, Usama Young, took a break from his busy schedule to help sort and pack food at the food bank’s Northeast facility.

The Capital Area Food Bank received a generous 30,000 pound ham donation courtesy of Smithfield, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) and Safeway.

When Larry hears stories of clients who have to eat cat food, it strengthens his resolve to build community networks with the pantry.

Your calls are critical to the success of strengthening the nutrition title in the Farm Bill and potentially reviving Senator Gillibrand’s amendment.

Whenever Partner Distributions Coordinator Daniel Nat-Davies feels overwhelmed by his day-to-day agendas, he thinks back to people and especially families he’s met.

It is with great pleasure that the food bank welcomes players from our hometown Major League Baseball team, the Washington Nationals, for an annual visit to our headquarters and warehouse at 12 pm today.

On Tuesday, June 19th, the Capital Area Food Bank is limiting service in order to collect 150 thousand pounds of food from the Fancy Food Show.

Representatives from Land O’Lakes recently stopped by the Capital Area Food Bank to make a generous 40,000 pound cheese donation.

The Feds Feed Families Kick-off event featured two delicious bean recipes prepared by National Institutes of Health Executive Chef Robert Hedetniemi.

With the help of the Feds Feed Families Food Drive, the food bank is able to meet increased demands during summer when donations are generally slow.