Walk for Hunger Relief

Register now for the annual CROP Hunger Walk on Saturday October 14. Walkers can make a donation or collect donations from family and friends. The 4 mile walk will be at Lake Accotink Park, with registration beginning at 8 a.m. The walk raises funds for Church World Service hunger relief and poverty-fighting programs around the world and for ACCA. Walkers can register online and if you can't walk this year, consider volunteering to help! Volunteers can contact Camille Mittelholtz at kcmittelholtz@gmail.com or accacrop@gmail.com .

Eileen Garnett Civic Space - Grand Opening

Fairfax County and the Fairfax County Park Authority are pleased to announce the grand opening of the Eileen Garnett Civic Space. The Civic Space is named in honor of Eileen Garnett, a longtime friend of Annandale and passionate voice for community revitalization who was also supportive of the park’s development. Find out more. Register to attend.

This space is between the ACCA Child Development Center and the Annandale Fire Station. The County will host a ribbon cutting ceremony and a variety of programming on Saturday, October 21, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in celebration of the park’s debut. There will be family-friendly activities, information tables, and speeches to commemorate the opening of the new exceptional community space. Read the flyer.

Drivers needed

Food Delivery Drivers and Captains - ACCA is looking for food delivery drivers to deliver food to needy clients within the Annandale/Bailey's Crossroads area. There is no fixed commitment. Drivers can work weekly or every few weeks or less as it fits their schedules each week. Deliveries are between 1:30 and about 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday. Drivers receive food referrals from the food captain, contact the client to ensure they will be home, pick up pre-packed food at the pantry, and drive to the client’s residence. The time involved is usually less than an hour. We also need volunteer Food Captains who work remotely during weekday business hours to coordinate the requests for food with the drivers schedule. Complete the volunteer interest form.

Teachers Needed

The ACCA Child Development center needs teachers! We are looking for educators who genuinely enjoy building nurturing relationships with children by helping them play, explore, learn, and grow. We employ more than 50 professionals in a variety of full-time and part-time roles. Our staff members are highly regarded in our field and passionate about our mission. For us, every person is essential.

Interested applicants may email a cover letter (specifying desired position) and resume to: jobs@accacdc.org. Please share this information with your friends and neighbors.  

Hands On Harvests

Hands On Harvests (HOH), a nonprofit dedicated to boosting access to fresh produce, gardening education and reducing food waste in Northern Virginia, is the planned operator of the garden in the new Eileen Garnett Civic Space located at 7200 Columbia Pike in central Annandale. The park opens on October 21.



          One of HOH’s top priorities is to make this garden a community space that reflects and celebrates Annandale’s diversity of food heritages. To achieve that, we’re seeking volunteers to help us in two different roles:

1. Garden Management Team volunteers. This team, led by Hands On Harvests, will determine the annual goals of the garden and help with volunteer recruitment, program ideas, multi-language translation, and publicity. Initially Hands On Harvests will take on the bulk of this work, but community input is critical. 
2. Gardening Maintenance volunteers, who would help take care of the garden on scheduled work days. Volunteers would sign up to help plant, weed, water and harvest on days that are convenient for them. Volunteers may take some harvested food; the rest of any harvests will be donated to ACCA’s food pantry.

If you’re interested in either or both volunteer opportunities, please email stacey.evers@handsonharvests.org.