By Jodi Balis
A goodbye message from our AmeriCorps Patrick O’Leary. Patrick helped to bring Operation Frontine, a six-week cooking and nutrition class that teaches skills and knowledge about eating healthy on a budget.
It is hard to believe that almost an entire year has gone by since I first arrived at the Capital Area Food Bank. Since [...]
(Photo courtesy of Timothy Grant, OPM).
For the second year in a row, Federal Employees have come together to collect nonperishable food donations for individuals and families nationwide. The Feds Feed Families Food Drive is a summer long initiative led by the Office of Personnel Management and the Chief Human Capital Officers Council. The Capital Area [...]
Please join Lynn Brantley, the Board and staff of the Capital Area Food Bank for our 3rd Annual Bountiful Harvest Fundraising Breakfast, September 22nd at 8:30 am at the Renaissance Washington DC Hotel.
This is a free one-hour event showcasing how we “Nourish our Community,” in addition to our plans to increase the quality and the [...]
By Brian Banks
When I first received the e-mail to host the President’s Young African Leaders, my first reaction was how to sufficiently host the group with so much on my plate. I went on vacation and the first question that was posed as soon as I arrived back to the food bank was, “Brian, any idea on how [...]
By Kendra Rowe
In the District of Columbia, nearly one in two children is at risk of hunger; and over 200,000 children under 18 in the Washington metro region struggle to get enough food to eat. While children have access to food during the school year and at some afterschool programs, such as Kids Cafe®, what happens during [...]
Stop! Before you plunk down five dollars for that sandwich or indulge in that pricey salad, think about how far those dollars could go to help feed families and children struggling to get enough food.
We are gearing up for our Skip Lunch Feed a Bunch campaign coming up on September 22nd. We don’t want you to [...]
By Jodi Balis
Three weeks ago, partner organizations came together to attend Every Day ServSafe. The original 8-16 hour food safety course was developed by the National Restaurant Association and gears lessons towards food service operations in restaurants. Information within the original ServSafe course is really dense and really specific. . . there is an entire chapter dedicated [...]
This is the story of a rising D.C. high school senior’s experience volunteering with the D.C. Farm to School Network, a program of the Capital Area Food Bank that works to get more healthy, local foods into D.C. schools. Bella Herold volunteered during a special event – Strawberries & Salad Greens – when the Network [...]
By Jody Tick
At the Capital Area Food Bank we can take donations of fresh produce anytime between 8:30am-4:30pm Monday through Friday. Drive up, dash in, drop off, fill out a 2 minute donation form, and you are off! There is no schedule or advanced notice required. It’s that easy!
In the Washington D.C. Area, one in five children is at risk of experiencing hunger; that is over 200,000 children. Many families rely on school breakfast and lunch throughout the school year to feed their children. With most schools out on summer vacation, families seek other sources of support.
In response to this need, Four Seasons [...]
