Happy Holidays from AFAC!
On behalf of our staff here at AFAC, we wish everyone a safe and happy holidays! Just a reminder, AFAC will be closed the next two Mondays (December 25 and January 1) in observation of Christmas and New Year's Day. There will be no food distribution or volunteer activities on these two days.
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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 breads 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.
Are you a potter or know local ceramicists? Please c
ontact
Puwen.Lee@afac.org
for information on how to donate to this delicious community event that brings together the talents of visual, culinary and musical artists.
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 Hope Against Hunger Holiday Campaign
It's chicken week here at AFAC! We will be handing out over 2,700 chicken roasters to families that visit AFAC during our food distribution hours. If you would like to sponsor a holiday meal for a family, please visit our Hope Against Hunger campaign page. Read about our campaign match to have your donations go further!
Click here to donate today!
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Volunteer Needs
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 MLK Food Drive
January 14
Planning a New Year's Resolution to volunteer more in 2018? 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 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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Plot Against Hunger
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Spring Garden Kick-off
Saturday, February 10
Save the Date for AFAC's annual Spring Garden Kick-off on Saturday morning, 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, pick up basic and advanced gardening tips, participate in an on-site pruning demonstration and other activities. Free vegetable, flower and herb seeds will be given out.
 On behalf of AFAC clients and staff, thank you to all the gardeners, farmers, and volunteers who have participated in AFAC's Plot Against Hunger fresh produce program in 2017. AFAC volunteers picked up food at farmers market, grew and donated fresh produce from over 40 gardens in Arlington County, and gleaned crops at local farms and orchards. Follow this link to read some end-of-season reports from local gardeners.
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Thank You
 Thank you to the Arlington Sheriff's Office for collecting 1,462 pounds of food as a part of their annual holiday food drive! Pictured to the right is Charlie and Jolie with Sheriff Beth Arthur and staff.
Special thanks to Splunk in Tysons for donating 1,864 pounds of canned goods as part of their can-struction event, to Dittmar Properties for collecting 2,536 pounds at 10 of their Arlington properties, to Federal Lock & Safe for donating 737 pounds, to the Oakwood School for collecting 727 pounds, and to USDA Beltsville for allowing AFAC to glean 1,267 pounds of collards, potatoes, and cabbages!
Huge thanks to Arlington Host Lions Club for donating 2,833 pounds of fresh oranges as a part of their annual citrus sale and to A-SPAN for donating 842 pounds of fresh oranges and grapefruits.
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!
 Advent Lutheran Church, AECOM, Anime USA, Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture, Arlington County Department of Parks & Rec, Arlington County Fire Department, Arlington Democrats, Arlington Masters Swim Team, Arlington Unitarian Cooperative Preschool, Avalon Bay Ballston Square, Avalon Bay Clarendon, The Belvedere Apartments, Buchanan Apartments, Calvary UMC, Central Library & Garden, Cera Wax Studio, Chamberlain College of Nursing, Chatham Apartments, Cherrydale Branch Library, Children's House Montessori School, Christ Church's Turkey Trot, Clarendon Presbyterian Church & Garden, Concord Crystal City Apartments, Council of Better Business Bureaus, CRC Companies LLC, Crown Consulting, Crystal Gateway Marriott, Cub Scout Pack #104, CWT Sato Travel, Delancey at Shirlington Village, Eclipse Condo, The Edge at Fairfax Corner, Ehlert Bryan, Emily Rhoades' Garden, Fairlington Village Condo Association, FDIC, First Presbyterian Church & Garden, Fort Barnard Community Garden, Girls on the Run, Glencarlyn Branch Library, The Gramercy Apartments, HumanGeo, Junior League of Northern Virginia, Langan Engineering, Leadership Arlington, Lexington Square Condo, Nancy Hyde's Garden, Neighborhood Barre, Nisha & Steven Pryor's CSA, NOVA Catholic Community, OneWeb offices in Rosslyn, Tysons, & McLean, Our Savior Lutheran Church, Our Savior Lutheran School, Paramount Apartments, Pentagon Row Apartments, Potomac Overlook Garden, Potomac Waldorf Crescent School, Professional Services Council, Pulmonary & Medical Associates Of Northern Virginia, The Residences at Lyon Hill, Resurrection Lutheran Church & Garden, Ritz Carlton Pentagon City, Rock Spring Cooperative Preschool, Rock Spring UCC & Garden, Roy Croom, Saint Ann Catholic Church, Saint Ann Catholic School, Signature Theater, Soldiers That Rise, SRF, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church & Garden, Sunrise at Bluemont Park,
TetraTech,
Thales USA,
United Community Ministries, The Unity Club, Virginia Hospital Center Cardiotherapy Rehab, Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation, Virginia Tech National Capital Region Alumni Association, Washington Fine Properties, Washington Golf & Country Club, Waverly Hills Civic Association, Westover Baptist Preschool, Westover Branch Library, WETA, The Whitemore Apartments, Wolf Trap Foundation, Woman's Club of Arlington, Worldwide ERC
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Sincerely,
Charles F. Meng
Executive Director & CEO
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