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S pring Garden Kick-off Recap

Thank you to all who helped make the annual Arlington Food Assistance Center's Plot Against Hunger Garden Kick-off a success. The Arlington Connection covered our event.  Over 100 gardeners went away with seeds, ideas, and plans to start gardens for AFAC. Click here to view presentations from the event.

Thank you to: our host St. Andrew's Episcopal Church; our presenters: Dave Smith, Becky Halbe, Catherine Connor, Susanna McIlwaine, Dave Sachs, Dana Edwards, and Kirsten Conrad; and exhibitors: Edible Landscapes, Friends of Urban Agriculture (FOUA), Arlington County Department of Solid Waste Composting and Mulch, Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization Markets, Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia, Paul Diehl - Beekeeper, Marymount University Food for Thought Club.

Help Grow or Donate Extra Seedlings

Each spring, AFAC volunteers help us grow tomato, pepper and collard seedlings for clients and AFAC gardens. Do you have a green thumb and success in growing seedlings? We can use your help! Please contact [email protected] for details.

Garden Talks

Wednesdays at 7pm

Weekly garden talks are returning to Arlington Central Library starting in March!  Click here for the upcoming topics through April.

Survey Volunteers Needed

We're looking for volunteers who speak Spanish, Arabic, Amharic, Russian or Vietnamese to help with our client surveys next month. We'll be conducting the surveys at Nelson Street March 5 - March 10 and then at our 17 other distribution sites from March 12-March 24. Our greatest need is for Spanish speakers who are available during the work week, even if it is just for an hour. You do not need to be fluent, but comfortable enough to carry a conversation. If you're available, please go to the online calendar and find a shift that works for your schedule.

Social Worker Hours Check-in Volunteer Wanted

We offer social workers and health care aides the opportunity to shop for their clients on Tuesday-Thursday from 12:45-2:15 pm at AFAC. We need a volunteer who can help them make their selections. Ideally, we'd like to find someone who can commit weekly on one of the days. These shifts are on our online calendar. We encourage volunteers to try it once or twice before making the commitment.

Morning Helper Openings

If you have a regular weekday morning free (even every other week), please consider being a morning helper. The shift is from  9:15 am to 12:30 pm and you will support the morning distribution team by helping restock, sort through produce and other food donations, and maybe help bag items. Please go to the online calendar to see specific openings.

Our sold out  Empty Bowls event was very successful!  Thank you to our sponsors, soup & bread donors, volunteer bakers, potters, volunteers from HB Woodlawn & Yorktown HS, Simon's Junction for the music, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church for hosting, and especially the Empty Bowls committee for putting this all together.   Arlington Connection featured our event on their cover last week. Pictures are now available for viewing on our website. Thanks to Tom Gaultney for photographing the event.

Big thanks to the Arlington Public Schools who donate healthy snacks on a weekly basis as a part of the Food Bus program: Abingdon ES, Arlington Science Focus ES, Arlington Traditional ES, Discovery ES, McKinley ES, Nottingham ES, Tuckahoe ES, and Temple Rodef Shalom's Religious School.

Thank you to all those who held food drives or donated to Plot Against Hunger!

AHC Inc Fort Henry Teens; Arlington Church of the Covenant; Bethel UCC, Calvary UMC; Central Library; CWT SATO Travel; Finney Foundation; First Baptist Church of Clarendon Child Development Center; Girl Scout Troop #3996 & #5842; Glencarlyn Branch Library; Laureate Beta Upsilon; Little Falls Presbyterian; Nottingham Elementary Food Drive; NOVA Catholic Community; Restoration Anglican Church; Resurrection Lutheran Church; Rock Spring UCC; Saint Ann Catholic Church; Shirlington Branch Library; St. Andrew's Episcopal Church; St. Peter's Episcopal Church; Steven & Nisha Pryor's CSA; Territory Foods; Westover Branch Library; Woman's Club of Arlington