Food for Others is monitoring the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. We are following the guidance of public health professionals on steps we must take to protect the health and safety of our clients, volunteers, and staff members. At this time, FFO is open and operating on a normal schedule. Please click here for a Coronavirus update from the Fairfax County Health Department.
Keeping in mind the health of our volunteers, we have decided that from Monday, March 30th through Tuesday, July 7th, we will not have volunteers in the Food for Others office or warehouse.
- Continue to donate food from our most needed items list: canned chili, canned chicken, rice, pasta sauce, canned fruit.
- Start a vegetable and/or herb garden and donate some of the produce to Food for Others.
- Tell people who need food about Food for Others.
More than 70,000 people live in poverty in Fairfax County, one of the Nation’s wealthiest regions.
Food for Others distributes food to more than 2,000 local families in need each week.
We are able to provide food with help from the community.
NEWS, EVENTS & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Register for the Food for Others Tysons 5K & Fun Run
Run with us in our 7th annual Tysons 5K & Fun Run! Each $35 registration provides milk and eggs for 15 families.
Where: Tysons Corner Center
When: Sunday, Sept 27, 2020 9AM
Empty Bowls is Postponed until October 16, 2020
4-Star Charity, 5 years in a row!
5 Marathons to Feed Others
Fairfax Hospital nurse, Susan McClanahan, is planning to run 5 marathons in 5 weeks to raise money to help Food for Others meet the increased need for food in Northern Virginia due to the COVID-19 pandemic. McClanahan will be running 26.2 miles on May 24th, June 7th, June 12th, June 20th and June 24th. “I was originally planning
Food for Others partners with restaurant 2941 during COVID-19
Upscale restaurant 2941 and Food for Others are only two miles apart, but a world apart in every other way. Named as one of the 100 Very Best Restaurants by Washingtonian Magazine in 2017, 2941 is helmed by Executive Chef Bertrand Chemel, a classically trained French chef who worked under Daniel Boulud. The restaurant is surrounded by gorgeous
The View from Inside Food for Others during COVID-19
It’s 8:15 on Tuesday morning and Food for Others staff are starting to arrive and gear up for the day. Like everyone else, we’re wondering if the day will unfold how we expect or if everything will change like has been happening so often over the past few days. This place definitely doesn’t look like it did two
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