July was a good month for giving in Alexandria, as more than 36,500 pounds of food was collected in Volunteer Alexandria‘s second annual food drive for ALIVE!.
There were dozens of collection points for food in last month’s community-wide effort to help the food bank. Last year’s effort raise more than 25,000 pounds.
“Dozens of volunteers were engaged in this effort, as well as numerous businesses,” Volunteer Alexandria Executive Director Marion Brunken said. “We are pleased with the outcome of this drive. It not only collected the necessary food, but also raised a lot of awareness in the community.“
ALIVE! gives away approximately 150,000 pounds of food for 4,000 households every month.
“Thank you, Volunteer Alexandria, for hosting this food drive for us and the community,” said ALIVE! Executive Director Jenn Ayers. “Donations like the ones we’ve received go a long way to keeping our costs down and provide a healthy variety of food to people who need help.”
Volunteer Alexandria wanted to thank the following partners in the effort:
Alexandria & Company | ALX Community | Alexandria Women for Good | Barrett Library | Beatley Library | Burke Library | Cameron Station Condominium | City of Alexandria, City Hall | Duncan Library | Emmanuel Episcopal Church | Fairlington United Methodist Church | Fitness Together Alexandria | Lisa Groover Real Estate | Neighborhood Pharmacy | Old Presbyterian Meeting House | Old Town North Farmers Market | Old Town Village Roundhouse Community Center | Russell Temple CME Church | The Episcopal Church of Saint Clement | The Goodhart Group | Top It Off | United Bank.
