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AUSA A Brownie Troop from Arlington Traditional School brings Girl Scout cookies to AFAC.

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claremontschool Claremont Immersion Elementary School's World Wide Helpers Club donate food drive collections to the AFAC warehouse. Claremont Immersion Elementary School is dedicated to a dual immersion language program that allows students to learn both English and Spanish.Click Here to Edit
 Vacation bible school Trinity Presbyterian Church Vacation Bible School held a food drive for AFAC. Food Drives are one of the most popular ways to support to AFAC. Our website has resources on ways you can organize a food drive in your local community. Click Here to Edit
 Campbell Elementary Campbell Elementary School's 2nd grade students help AFAC while studying the environment and doing art projects. The students wove baskets from natural materials and filled them with food collected from a food drive.Click Here to Edit
FINS Our thanks to FINS (Fairlingtonians Interested in Neighborhood Swimming) for holding a cereal drive for AFAC this summer. Cereal is one of our most popular items.Click Here to Edit
 canstruction As part of Canstruction 2010, an architectural firm builds an orange out of cans. The food was then donated to AFAC. Thanks to the Northern Virginia chapter of the American Institute of Architects for organizing this event. Photo by E.J. Locke.Click Here to Edit
 riverhouse Members of local Marriott Hotels lend a hand to help AFAC bag rice to provide for families. With the generous help of Marriott, AFAC prepares 2,000 pounds of rice to be distributed each month. Click Here to Edit
Plot Against Hunger Our friends at Ft. Barnard are proud partners in the Plot Against Hunger campaign. Each plot helps to provide local produce for the families we serve. Click Here to Edit
 Crop Walk 2010 Team AFAC AFAC assembled a team of 20 walkers for CROP Walk 2010. Thanks to all of the CROP Walk participants for raising funds and awareness of hunger locally and internationally. Photo by E.J. Locke.Click Here to Edit
 ABCC Arlington Business and Civic Circle (ABCC) is a business networking group in Arlington that is dedicated to helping member businesses and the community. ABCC meets weekly and is a loyal contributor and supporter of AFAC.Click Here to Edit
BBG Fitness BBG Fitness is having a competition between its six exercise classes to see which location can bring in the most food for AFAC during the month of September. Karen Bate delivered over 300 pounds donated by members of the class she attends.Click Here to Edit
 Volunteer Picnic AFAC held its annual Volunteer Appreciation Picnic in June. Guests enjoyed food, music, and raffle prizes while honoring our many outstanding volunteers.Click Here to Edit
 Crystal City Doubletree Employees from Crystal City Doubletree pack Emergency Food Kits (EFKs). The EFKs contain a day's supply of food for Arlington County social workers to distribute to clients with immediate food needs.Click Here to Edit
CROP Walk 2010 CROP Walk 2010 was held on a beautiful fall day in October. Thanks to all of the CROP Walk participants for raising funds and awareness of hunger locally and internationally. Photo by E.J. Locke.Click Here to Edit
 americanchem2 American Chemical Society, a congressionally chartered independent membership organization, run a food drive to support AFAC. ACS members brought in carts full of dry food for our pantry and warehouse. Thank you for your generous delivery!Click Here to Edit
 seatonfamilygleaning The Seaton family went gleaning for AFAC. They harvested and delivered over 300 pounds of fresh kale.Click Here to Edit
AUSA A Brownie Troop from Arlington Traditional School brings Girl Scout cookies to AFAC.Click Here to Edit
 Young Professionals AFAC's Young Professionals group holds monthly happy hours in addition to bagging nights, food drives and many other projects. Thank you Young Professionals for all the work you put in with AFAC. Click Here to Edit
 accenture profile Accenture volunteers helped clean the warehouse for MLK Day of Service on January 2010. Accenture is a global management consulting firm with several offices in the DC metro area.Click Here to Edit
cooking Volunteer Helen Hensgen cooks greens from her garden to share with clients. AFAC has cooking demonstrations twice a week to help clients learn more simple, healthy ways to prepare produce and other items stocked at AFAC.Click Here to Edit
 FDIC Employees from Nordstrom bagged potatoes and oatmeal for AFAC. We appreciated their help.Click Here to Edit
 Latter Day Saints Clean/Paint The Church of Latter Day Saints helps with a job not many volunteer do. They spent the day cleaning and painting our facility. Thanks to the Latter Day Saints we can provide food to families in need in a clean location. Click Here to Edit
profservicescouncil Professional Services Council is a company that helps shape public policy, leads strategic coalitions, and works to build consensus between government and industry. Located here in Arlington, PSC organized its employees to volunteer and help out in our AFAC warehouse.Click Here to Edit
 donaldson run Members of the Donaldson Run Recreation Association pool donated over 400 pounds of food to AFAC during the summer of 2010. Food drives big and small are important to AFAC, bringing in a variety of food to fill our "choice shelves."Click Here to Edit
 st marys adult group The Young Adult Group from St. Mary's Episcopal Church went gleaning for spaghetti squash and other vegetables. Along with several other volunteer groups, they harvested almost 6000 pounds of produce for AFAC clients.Click Here to Edit
Williamsburg MS board As part of Canstruction 2010, students build a sculpture out of cans. The food was then donated to AFAC. Thanks to the Northern Virginia chapter of the American Institute of Architects for organizing this event. Photo by E.J. Locke.Click Here to Edit
 Donna Honeywell Donna Honeywell, Assistant. Principal at Arlington Traditional School, delivers food to AFAC. Thank you Ms. Honeywell and students and families at ATS! Click Here to Edit
 Merge Global

Merge Global, a financial consulting company here in Arlington, VA, sponsors a food drive for AFAC. Holding food drives are easy and fun! Thank you Merge Global for helping your neighbors in Arlington!

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keller williams volunteers Volunteers from Keller Williams Realty bagged potatoes donated by MAGNET (Mid-Atlantic Gleaning Network). Thank you to our friends at Keller Williams for all that you do for AFAC.Click Here to Edit
 Ft. Barnard community garden has grown carrots, basil, beans, onions, peppers and tomatoes for donation to the AFAC Plot Against Hunger program this year. Thank you Ft. Barnard volunteers!Click Here to Edit
 Swanson Students


Swanson Middle School students volunteer at the warehouse as a group. The students helped bag food for distribution and restocked our warehouse shelves. Thank you Swanson students for giving back to the community!

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St. Mary's Episcopal Church gleaning teams brought back 100's of pounds of fresh produce to AFAC last summer. Your group can make arrangements to go gleaning any Saturday this summer or fall. Fresh corn! cucumbers! collards! A big thank you to St. Mary's!Click Here to Edit
 Williamsburg MS students Williamsburg Middle School's 6th grade students run a "Have a Heart" food drive for AFAC. These sixth graders collected bins and bins full of food to donate for Valentine's Day. Surpassing their goal for the food drive, the students spread their love to the community.Click Here to Edit
 americanchem1 Every year the Letter Carriers Union in Arlington supports the National Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. In 2010, AFAC received almost 20,000 pounds of food from this one-day event.. Thank you Letter Carriers for this contribution to your neighbors! Photo by E.J. LockeClick Here to Edit
Charley Conrad Charley Conrad from Congressman Jim Moran's office delivers food to AFAC. Charley Conrad is now retired and loves to volunteer. Thank you Mr. Conrad for your donations!Click Here to Edit