 Volunteer Needs
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 MLK Food Drive
January 14
We are looking for a few more volunteers on Sunday, January 14 at the Virginia Square Giant to help with a grocery store food drive. Volunteers are needed to hand out flyers and collect donations from customers. If you would like to volunteer, please go to our
online calendar and find a two-hour shift that works best for you.
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Empty Bowls
February 4
Tickets are now on sale for our annual
Empty Bowls luncheon event on Sunday, February 4 at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church.
Delicious chowders, soups and bread are made and donated by chefs from local restaurants and desserts that are baked by our own volunteers.
Bowls are created by potters at local ceramics studios, as well as from students at local high schools and university art departments. Attendees get to take home a handmade bowl.
Sponsorships are still available for this event! Sponsor packages come with tickets and publicity.
Click here for more information.
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Plot Against Hunger
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Spring Garden Kick-off
Saturday, February 10
9 am - 12 pm
Save the Date for AFAC's annual Spring Garden Kick-off on Saturday, February 10 at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (4000 Lorcom Lane) - the site of our largest Plot Against Hunger garden in Arlington. Learn how to start a garden for AFAC and pick up basic and advanced gardening tips. Take part in an on-site pruning demonstration along with various other activities. Free vegetable, flower, and herb seeds will be given out to attendees.
Click here to RSVP for this free event!
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Thank You
Special thanks to Prospect House for collecting 2,133 pounds of food as a part of their annual holiday food drive, to Dittmar Properties for collecting 2,067 pounds at 10 of their Arlington properties, to the Mercatus Center at GMU for donating 1,083 pounds, and to USDA for allowing AFAC volunteers to glean 1,330 pounds of turnips & collards!
Thank you to the schools who donate healthy snacks on a weekly basis as a part of the Food Bus program: 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!
 Abingdon Elementary, Acadia Apartments, Alaska Airlines, Alexander Street Press, Arlington County Fire Department, Arlington Church of the Brethren, Arlington Jazzercise Center, Arlington Lodge #58, Arlington Realtors Care, Arlington Traditional School, Army Navy Country Club, Aurora Hills Senior Center, Avalon Bay Clarendon, The Belvedere Apartments, BluVector Inc., Broadstone Apartments, CACI, Central Library & Garden, Comcast, The Common Application, Crystal City Children's Center, Crystal Towers Apartments, CWT Sato Travel, Del Ray Central Apartments, Emily Rhoades' Garden, Forrester Holiday Party at Thirsty Bernie's, George Mason Arlington University Life, Girl Scouts, Greenbrier Baptist Youth Ministry, Health Net Federal Services, Hilton Garden Inn of Shirlington, The Holistic Point, IronNet Cyber Security, Jamestown Elementary Extended Day, The Jefferson, Jones Lange LaSalle, Junior League of Northern Virginia, Knights of Columbus, Koons Tysons Toyota, Lexington Square Condo, Lyon Park Community Center, Maxi Bowdaxi Mobile Grooming, MCCS Henderson Hall, Nancy Hyde's Garden, National Science Teachers Association, Nisha & Steven Pryor's CSA, Omni Business Solutions, Our Guys Around Town Movers, Perfect Pointe Studio, Potomac Waldorf Crescent School, PTC Inc., The Reserve at Clarendon, Rock Spring UCC & Garden, Rocky Run Middle School, Rosslyn Child Care Center, Saint Ann Catholic Church, Shirlington Running Club, Spiritual Food CSA, SRF, SRI International, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Trinity Episcopal Church, Trinity Presbyterian Church, Twenty400 Apartments, Washington Fine Properties, Washington Golf & Country Club, West Village of Shirlington, Westover Baptist Preschool, Westover Branch Library, WETA, Wild Birds Unlimited
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Sincerely,
Charles F. Meng
Executive Director & CEO
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