Food For Neighbors Sets New Food Collection Record.

Food For Neighbors celebrates receiving over 21,000 pounds of food from over 1,200 households during its April 24th Red Bag Program food collection. This is a record amount of food for the five-year-old nonprofit, and the accomplishment highlights the generosity of communities in supporting students who struggle with food security. Among these communities are the neighborhoods surrounding Herndon and Reston, which collected 5,547 pounds of food from 366 households.

“I’m absolutely thrilled! Neighborhoods in Northern Virginia are enthusiastically providing a consistent and nutritious food source to hungry students,” shared Karen Joseph, Cofounder of Food For Neighbors. “This makes such a difference in their personal health and educational growth, and it lifts up the entire community.“

Participation in Food For Neighbors is free and open to all middle and high schools in Northern Virginia.

• Fairfax County Public Schools currently served include Herndon, Irving, Key, Jackson, Whitman, Sandburg, and Twain middle schools as well as Herndon, West Springfield, Lewis, Edison, Bryant, Quander Road, Mountain View, West Potomac, Mount Vernon, and Falls Church high schools.

• Food For Neighbors also provides supplemental food to the Langston Hughes Middle School and the South Lakes High School food pantry.

• Loudoun County Public Schools currently served include Sterling Middle School, Park View High School, River Bend Middle School, and Potomac Falls High School.

Food For Neighbors welcomes additional schools and volunteers to participate in the program. School staff and PTA representatives interested in bringing the program to their schools may send an email to contact@foodforneighbors.org. Volunteers may sign up to donate food, collect and sort food, etc. at https://www.foodforneighbors.org/get-involved/.

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