Blog
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June 25, 2012
Walk It Out
If you have an iPhone or Android smartphone, you can have each mile of your daily walk, bike to work, or morning run energizing you and the Capital Area Food Bank’s programming.
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June 25, 2012
Super Bowl Champion, Super Volunteer
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.
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June 21, 2012
Hammin’ It Up
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.
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June 21, 2012
Larry Hill’s Food Pantry Provides Necessary Services
When Larry hears stories of clients who have to eat cat food, it strengthens his resolve to build community networks with the pantry.
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June 21, 2012
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.
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June 20, 2012
Mobile Food Pantry Sustains Lives
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.
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June 20, 2012
Step Up to the Plate at the Food Bank
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.
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June 18, 2012
Food Bank Closed Tuesday, June 19
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.
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June 14, 2012
More Cheese Please!
Representatives from Land O’Lakes recently stopped by the Capital Area Food Bank to make a generous 40,000 pound cheese donation.
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June 13, 2012
When I Dip, You Dip, Feds Dip
The Feds Feed Families Kick-off event featured two delicious bean recipes prepared by National Institutes of Health Executive Chef Robert Hedetniemi.