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January 10, 2019
Successful Holiday Season at AFAC!
A big thank you to everyone who helped make Arlington families in need a priority this holiday season! 5,345 special meals that included turkeys in November and whole roaster chickens in December were served. Companies, apartment buildings, and other organizations held Holiday Food Drives in November and December and donated over 84,000 lbs of food for our shelves. Volunteers also contributed 8,300 hours over these holiday months! Thanks again to everyone for making an impact for our neighbors in need.
Norm Lamberg
We are sad to announce the passing of our long time volunteer, Norm Lamberg. Norm volunteered with AFAC for about 15 years, helping out with morning food distributions 3x a week and with our two major single day food drives of the year.

If you would like to leave a message and/or share a story, fill out this Google Form and we will share the messages with his family.
Empty Bowls
Sunday, February 3
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Tickets to this year's Empty Bowls have SOLD OUT! Thank you to all of our sponsors (listed at the bottom) and everyone who purchased tickets!
Shining a Light on Hunger
March 21, 6:30-9:30pm
Army Navy Country Club
Come celebrate with the Arlington Food Assistance Center on March 21 as we Shine a Light on Hunger and honor those in our community who contribute to AFAC's success. Tickets and sponsorships now available for purchase. Click here for more information.
Volunteer News
AFAC is pleased to announce the addition to Kim Roehl as part of the volunteer department. Kim is a graduate of University of Mary Washington and has a master's degree from George Mason University. She is an active parishioner and volunteer youth director at Mt. Olivet Methodist Church. She's been making the rounds at many of our activities. Be sure to say hello!
Volunteering Needs
Weekly Monday AM Distribution Shift
We are looking for two more individuals who can make a weekly commitment on Mondays from 9:15am-12:15pm to help with our food distribution. You'll be on your feet for the duration of the shift, helping our clients select from the offerings available. Start by signing up on the online calendar - look for the assignment "Distribution Morning Helper". Please try it once or twice before making a commitment.
Healthy Play Check In at Arlington Mill
Greet clients and their children as they attend a special program that takes place during our distribution at the Arlington Mill Community Center on Mondays from 11am-1pm. You would sign children in and as they exit, provide a simple snack and newsletter. You would not be responsible for the care of the children during the program, just the start and finish. Please sign up on the volunteer calendar and more instructions will be provided. Ideally, this would be someone who is willing to do this every week or every other week. 
Backpack Buddies Driver
Our backpack buddy program is expanding and we're looking for someone to make a commitment of every Thursday (or every other Thursday) to deliver backpack kits to approximately 5 Arlington Public Schools on Thursday mornings. Your first stop would be at AFAC to pick up the kits and you can make the deliveries in whatever order makes sense for you, but we aim to have them all delivered by noon. Please email [email protected] for more details.
Partner Agency Needs Food Distribution Volunteers
Columbia Hills is an AFAC distribution site (located at 1000 S. Frederick St) and it is managed by APAH. They're looking for 3 volunteers who can make a weekly commitment (or 6 who can do an every other week commitment) every Tuesday from 3-5 pm. To sign up, please contact APAH's Resident Services Coordinator Katherine Garcia at [email protected] or 703-276-7444.
Nutrition Corner
Meet Kimber!
Kimber Raczynski graduated from Virginia Tech with a BS in Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise with a concentration in Dietetics. She is currently completing her dietetic internship with the Virginia Tech Northern Virginia Program, with hopes to become a Registered Dietitian. We're excited to have Kimber at AFAC where she will be providing nutrition classes and cooking demonstrations during the month of January as part of her community health rotation. 
Thank You
Huge thanks to the Arlington County Sheriff Beth Arthur and the Sheriff's Department for organizing their annual Holiday Food Drive in support of AFAC! This year, the department collected 4,186 pounds of food!

Thank you to Dittmar Company for collecting food donations at their properties around Arlington. So far they've gathered 4,209 pounds of food for AFAC! Thank you to the residents of Prospect House for donating 1,668 pounds of food for AFAC. And thank you to H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program for the generous gift of 1,786 pounds of fresh oranges!

A big shoutout to all those organizations who held Sponsor Purchased Food (SPF) progams at their locations for AFAC: MASY Group, Nestle, NRECA, and OnDeck.

AFAC relies on the support of many volunteers to get our work done. In December, volunteer groups from AECOM; Ambassador Bible Church; American Society for Radiation Oncology; Arlington Church of the Brethren; Arlington Jaycees; Arlington Public Library; Ashlawn ES; Bethel UCC; Bridges to Independence; Capital One; Chamberlain College of Nursing; Clarendon UMC; Episcopal HS; Grace Community Church; Great American Restaurants; Holiday Inn - National Airport/Crystal City; Hyde Park Condominiums; Kiwanis Club of South Arlington; Main Event Catering; Money Equations; Monumental Sports; NDTA; Northern Virginia Kappa Alpha Theta; Potomac Ward LDS; Rep. Seth Moulton & Staff; Ritz Carlton - Pentagon City; Rock Spring UCC; St. John's Community Services; St. John's Episcopal Church; St. Mary's Episcopal Church; Stratford Program; Sycamore School; Temple Rodef Shalom; US Army Physical Disability Agency; UUCA; Wakefield HS PEP; and Washington-Lee HS volunteered their time. Our thanks to the many groups who help us feed the 2,300 families who come to AFAC each week. We appreciate the help of these groups and all of the individuals who volunteer for AFAC.
Thank you to all those who held food drives or donated to Plot Against Hunger!

AECOM; Amigos de las Americas DC Chapter; The Arbors on Duke; Arena Stage Costume Shop; Army Navy Country Club; Arlington Church of the Brethren; Arlington County Fire Department; Arlington Jaycees; Arlington Metaphysical Chapel; Arlington Voter Registration Office; Ashley Elementary Cereal Mountain; Barrett ES; Bell's Brewery; Belleview Forest Garden Club; The Belvedere Condominiums; BluVector; Booz Allen Hamilton; Broadstone Apartments; Calvary UMC; Campbell ES Extended Day; Canon USA; Central Library & Garden; Cherrydale Branch Library; The Citizen Apartments of Shirlington; Clark Construction's 4040 Wilson Team; Columbia Pike Branch Library; Concord Crystal City; Congregation Etz Hayim; The Conservation Fund; The Container Store; CRC Companies; Crown Consulting; Cub Scout Pack #162; Cushman & Wakefield; CWT Sato Travel; Decision Lens; The Delancey Apartments at Shirlington; Deloitte at Crystal City; Dr. Kristin Williams DDS; ECG Management Consultants; Eclipse Condo; Elizabeth Daffin; Endgame; Episcopal HS Garden; Faccia Fresca Vintage; Fairlington Village Condo Assn; Federal Lock & Safe; First Presbyterian Church & Garden; Food Marketing Institute; Fresh Impact Farms; Gates Hudson Apartments; George Mason University Life Arlington Campus; GHT Ltd; Glebe ES 2nd Graders; Gold's Gym; Gunston MS National Junior Honor Society; Halstead Square Apartments; Haycock ES; Headz 1st Barbershop; Hilton Garden Inn at Shirlington; HMS Host Restaurant at National Airport; Holiday Inn at National Airport; Hyde Park Condos; IBM; Instrata Apartments; Intelligent Office of Alexandria; IRI; Kinder Haus Toys; Jamestown Elementary Daisy Troop #60078; Lancaster Co-op CSA; Langan Engineering; Levine Music; Lexington Square Condos; Lindsay Automotive; Lyon Park Community Center; The Madison at Ballston; Main Event Caterers; Marine Corps Community Services; Mark Twain MS; Marymount University's "Food For Thought" Garden Club; Maxi Bowdaxi; Mediabarn; Mobile Posse; Mount Vernon Masonry; Muse Architects; NACD; Nasdaq; National Apartment Association; National Science Teachers Association; Nordstrom Rack of Pentagon City; Northern Virginia Catholic Community; Northwest Arlington Lions Club; NOWCC; Order of the Eastern Star Unity Chapter #201; Our Guys Around Town Movers; Palmercare Chiropractic; Pike 3400 Apartments; Plaza Branch Library; Potomac Vegetable Farms East & West; Professional Services Council; PTC Inc.; Residences at Lyon Hill; Restoration Anglican Church; Resurrection Lutheran Church & Garden; Rock Spring UCC & Garden; Rosslyn Heights Apartments; Sedona Slate; Shirlington Branch Library; Siena Park Apartments; SRF; St. Ann's Catholic Church; St. Ann's Catholic School; St. Andrew's Episcopal Church & Garden; St. John's Episcopal Church; St. Michael's Episcopal Church; St. Peter's Episcopal Church; Station 650 Apartments; Temple Rodef Shalom; Territory Foods; Tuckahoe ES Daisy Troop; Twenty400; US Army Physical Disability Agency (USAPDA); US Department of Energy; USDA in Beltsville; Waverly Hills Civic Association; Westover Branch Library; West Village of Shirlington; WETA; Women's Club of Arlington; Zonta Club of Arlington

Big thanks to the Arlington Public Schools that 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.
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