Food Drive at Virginia Square this Weekend!
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Saturday/Sunday, July 13 & 14
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AFAC will be at the Virginia Square Giant Food grocery store (3450 Washington Blvd) for a food drive! Volunteers will be on hand to collect donations from 10 am - 6 pm on both days. Summer often brings a dip in food donations, so please pick up an extra item or two when you're doing your shopping.
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AFAC is happy to announce 3 updates to our staff.
Lily Duran has been promoted to Assistant Director of Client Services,
Mathilda Dack has been promoted to Assistant Director of Administration and
Ray Bynum has been promoted to Warehouse Manager. Congratulations to all three for their hard work!
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Arlington County will be hosting 2 upcoming meetings regarding feedback they received about the plans for Jennie Dean Park. The meetings will be on
Saturday, July 13 from 10:30am - 12:00pm at the Charles Drew Community Center and on
Tuesday, July 16 from 6:00 - 8:30pm at Shirlington Library.
Click for more information.
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Shop on Amazon Prime Day & Help AFAC!
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This year, Amazon Prime Day is on July 15 & 16. If you are shopping, make sure to shop through Amazon Smile and
select AFAC as your charity. A small portion of your purchase will go to your selected charity. So far, AFAC has received over $3,000 through Amazon Smile!
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Another 4 Star Rating from Charity Navigator!
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For a 5th year in a row, AFAC was recognized as a 4-star rated charity by Charity Navigator, an independent nonprofit organization that rates charities by their financial performance, accountability, and transparency. A 4-star rating is the highest score an organization can receive from Charity Navigator.
Click to read our organization profile.
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Golf Tournament
Monday, September 16
12:30 pm start
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We are looking for more sponsors and foursomes to play at our 5th annual AFAC Golf Tournament, sponsored by Credibility International on Monday, September 16!
Check out our registration page for sponsorship and golfer perks!
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Volunteer Spotlight: Summer Teens
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AFAC is proud of our history of including teenagers in our programs in the summer. Our summer teen program allows for children ages 14-17 to help in our distribution process every morning for a week in the summer. They're learning about their community, food insecurity, and giving back to others. Though our program is full for this summer, we hope to continue to improve it for future years.
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We had a fantastic turnout at our annual Volunteer Appreciation Picnic in June! Thank you to all of AFAC’s volunteers who help us serve our neighbors in need with dignified access to supplemental groceries.
Click here
for a full list of our award winners and pictures from the event.
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Gleaning at JK Community Farm
Purcellville, VA
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Need a group bonding experience? Join AFAC to help harvest and plant crops at the JK Community Farm in Purcellville on Tuesdays and Saturdays. No gardening experience necessary.
July: 20, 30
August: 10, 13, 24, 27
September: 7, 10, 21 (filled), 24
JK Farm can accommodate 10 volunteers on Tuesday dates and 50 volunteers on Saturday dates.
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Have a green thumb? The following gardens welcome your help (please contact coordinator as indicated):
Thomas Jefferson Middle School Community Garden, 125 S. Old Glebe Rd. Saturdays, 7-10 am; Mondays, 7-8 am; Wednesdays, 7-8:30 pm. Contact Reidy Brown at
reidybrown@gmail.com to sign up to volunteer.
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Garden, 4000 Lorcom Ln. Saturdays, 9 am; Sundays are rain days.
AFAC Walter Reed Annex Garden, 2060 S. Walter Reed Dr. Sundays, 8:30-10:30 am; Tuesdays, 6-8 pm. To sign up, use the
AFAC volunteer calendar.
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Garden Talks
Wednesdays, 7 pm
Arlington Central Library
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Our 2019 Garden Talks at Central Library continue! For a full list of topics for the season,
click here.
Upcoming topics:
July 17: Vegetables vs. Summer Heat
July 24: Mushroom Growing
July 31: Preserving the Harvest - Canning, Freezing
August 7: Vegetables for Fall & Winter Harvest
August 14: Cover Crops for Healthy Soil
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Thank you to the Junior League of Northern Virginia for organizing a food drive at Giant food! Thank you to Jamestown Elementary 5th graders for holding their annual cereal drive and collecting over 1,000 boxes of cereal. Thanks to Nestle for donating 1,343 pounds of food to AFAC! Thanks to Bean Kinney Korman for collecting 1,524 pounds of cereal!
Thank you to all those who held food drives or donated to Plot Against Hunger in June!
Amazon Web Services; Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture; Arlington Church of the Brethren; Arlington County's Aging & Disability Services Division; AVA Ballston Apartments; Barcroft Elementary; Bay Business Group; Brigade of Mercy; Bruce & Becki Dodd's Garden; Calvary UMC; Central Library & Garden; Clarendon Presbyterian Garden; Coldwell Banker; Congregation Etz Hayim; First Presbyterian Church & Garden; Fort Barnard Community Garden; George Laumann's Garden; Girl Scout Troops #5959 & 55004; Glebe Community Garden; Good Sweat Studio; Hoffman-Boston School Garden; Io Piazza; Jacobs Engineering Group; Jane Weaver's Garden; Junior League of Northern Virginia; Kinder Haus Toys; Lancaster Co-Op CSA; Long Branch Elementary; Loudon Hunger Relief; Marymount University's Food for Thought Garden Club; Mount Vernon Masonry; Nakupuna Foundation; NOVA Catholic Community; Penzey's Spices; Potomac Overlook Garden; Reevesland Learning Center Garden; Restoration Anglican Church; Resurrection Lutheran Church; Rock Spring UCC & Garden; Rooftop Roots; Roy Croom; Shirlington Branch Library; St. Andrew's Episcopal Church & Garden; St. Ann's Catholic Church; St. John's Episcopal Church; St. Mary's Episcopal Church; St. Peter's Episcopal Church; Susan Howell's Garden; Territory Foods; TJMS Garden; USDA Agricultural Research Service; UUCA; Walter Reed Annex Garden; Westover Branch Library & Garden; Women's Club of Arlington
Many thanks to the farmers' markets and farm vendors in Arlington who donate unsold fresh and local produce to AFAC all season long. Participating farmers' markets include Arlington Courthouse, Ballston, Columbia Pike, Crystal City, Fairlington, Marymount, Rosslyn, and Westover.
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Thank you to our Golf Tournament Sponsors!
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Courtney & Brian Tannenbaum
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Fresh News is generously sponsored by Washington Workplace
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Arlington Food Assistance Center | 703.845.8486 |
www.afac.org
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