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Volunteer Spotlight: Gleaning
Harvesting tomatoes at JK Community Farm From April through November, AFAC sends volunteers gleaning at local farms. So far this year, we have gleaned at JK Community Farm and Clines Farm, but the season isn’t over yet! JK Community Farm grows food exclusively to donate to local food banks, and...
Home Delivery Packers Needed
AFAC has a robust home delivery program and we pack groceries four days a week for approximately 120 clients. Each client gets a certain quantity of food with some variation based on food preferences. AFAC is looking for a volunteer couple to help at one of three different shifts: Mondays,...
Volunteer Spotlight: Summer Teens
Every summer, we have a lot of teenagers who want to help out at AFAC. This year, over 50 teens volunteered as part of our Summer Teen Program. Summer Teens help in our distribution line handing out food to clients, help bag and sort food in our prep room, and...
Gleaning season is here!
Every year, AFAC sends volunteers to glean at farms in the Northern Virginia region. Currently, we are sending volunteers to JK Community Farm (in Purcellville, VA) every other Saturday morning and every third Wednesday morning per month until early October to help them harvest food. Volunteer shifts are from 9am-12pm....
Thursday AM Delivery Drivers Needed
We are anticipating the need for substitute home delivery drivers on Thursdays for the rest of the summer (and this may become more permanent starting in September). You would deliver groceries to 3-5 AFAC clients (you do not need to enter their homes). The pick up time at AFAC is...
AFAC Announces Partnership with Homestretch; First Food Distribution Outside Arlington
The Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC) is partnering with Homestretch, a nonprofit organization located in Falls Church, to provide free nutritious groceries to recently housed families on the path towards self-sufficiency. The new food distribution center will plan to operate weekly and will be AFAC’s first center serving residents outside...
Summer Home Delivery Driving
AFAC is actively seeking long-term substitute drivers for our home delivery program. We need help Monday, Tuesday and Friday mornings and Wednesday afternoons. The task takes approximately 2 hours each time. You would be a substitute, so you might not be called every week. You would have to have a...
AFAC Updates Two Sites to Increase Access to Food for Clients
AFAC is excited to announce that two existing food distribution sites will now be opened up to the wider community, making them more accessible to any Arlington resident in need. Arlington's Department of Human Services (DHS) Community Outreach Program (COP) staffs the food distributions at Arlington Mill Community Center and Gates of...
Home Delivery Program Reaches 10,000th Delivery
In April 2022, we made our 10,000th delivery of groceries through our Home Delivery program! Established in March 2020, the Home Delivery program was created in direct response to the pandemic to reach residents who were in quarantine or were homebound due to a severe short or long term medical...
Volunteer Awards 2022
On June 5th, we held a small volunteer recognition program at the Army Navy Country Club to celebrate the dedication of our many volunteers and handed out our Volunteer of the Year Awards. This year, we honored the following: Volunteer of the Year: Stephanie ViscardiGroup of the Year: St. Mary's...