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Bread for the City is one of the Capital Area Food Bank’s largest and most successful partner agencies.

The Governor’s Bowl Challenge is an important way to address hunger issues facing Virginians.

SNAP program, which helps low income families and individuals purchase nutritious food, is used by people of all ages and backgrounds.

The commission will advise the Mayor and DC Council on health, wellness and nutritional issues affecting children and schools in the District.

For over 200,000 children in the Washington metro region struggling with hunger, summer means not having access to school meals.

The early arrival of the warm weather this year has resulted in masses of delicious early spring vegetables.

After a lifetime of contributing to society, many seniors often live on fixed incomes and are forced to make impossible decisions like choosing between paying for prescriptions or buying groceries.

Proposed cuts to the Farm Bill could reduce funding for many of the programs that the food bank supports.

As we move toward the home stretch of the Reward Volunteers contest, we need the continued support of our volunteers to gain top honors.

McKinley Crudup, Executive Director of Food Pantry Operations at Allen Chapel AME, manages one of the food bank’s mobile pantry distribution sites and helps feed over 2000 people a week.