{"id":8572,"date":"2023-09-29T00:52:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T04:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/?p=8572"},"modified":"2023-09-29T00:53:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T04:53:29","slug":"extraordinary-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/2023\/09\/29\/extraordinary-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"Extraordinary Effort"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our first\u00a0Weekend Food for Kids<\/b>\u00a0packing of the school year was a huge success and had several elements that made it extraordinary.\u00a0\u00a0Aided by 80 helpers, including Assistance League members, Dominion employees, and community volunteers, we packed 1720 bags in less than an hour and delivered them to 6 schools!\u00a0\u00a0Our high-speed packing relies on the team of members who gather a few days before to organize all the items to ensure that each assembly line has the exact number of items for the schools to which the bags will be delivered.<\/p>\n

\"Volunteers<\/a> \"ALNV<\/a><\/p>\n

We expanded our food program this year in several ways.\u00a0\u00a0We increased the number of bags we distribute; 4 schools now receive 10 additional bags each, and we replaced three items in the bag with new ones, in an effort\u00a0to provide more nutritious non-perishable items that will appeal to the children.\u00a0\u00a0Also, the six schools will get two \u2018emergency\u2019 grocery gift cards each month, intended for families facing special challenges.\u00a0\u00a0The food bags and emergency gift cards were delivered to students in Fairfax and Prince William counties.\u00a0\u00a0A seventh school, in Alexandria, receives grocery gift cards only, due to storage issues at the school.\u00a0\u00a0In addition, we provided five grocery gift cards to a school that receives food bags from another source.<\/p>\n

\"Smiling<\/a><\/p>\n

We were able to expand our food program in part because of a generous grant from the Cecil and Irene Hylton Foundation, Inc., Woodbridge.\u00a0 We are very grateful for the Hylton Foundation\u2019s continued support and will use the grant to purchase\u00a0food items and grocery gift cards for the three schools we serve in Prince William County.<\/p>\n

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\"ALNV<\/a><\/p>\n

Also, we were joined by long-time friends from Didlake, Inc., Manassas, and RBH Global Wealth Partners, Reston.\u00a0\u00a0The Didlake helpers hadn\u2019t been able to attend a food packing since the pandemic, while our friends from RBH have helped with these events many times.\u00a0\u00a0In addition, RBH gave us a donation to purchase much-needed items for the Hygiene Kits that we will distribute to older students at several elementary schools next month.\u00a0\u00a0We are very grateful to Rebecca Hall and RBH for their continued support.\u00a0\u00a0We were also joined for the first time by a team from Northwest Federal Credit Union and hope they can return for future packings.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

We also kicked off the school year by providing an assortment of basic clothing to those eight elementary schools.\u00a0\u00a0We delivered\u00a01113 items of clothing, such as sweatpants, sweatshirts, leggings, underwear, and socks.\u00a0\u00a0We will continue our\u00a0New Clothing for Kids<\/b>\u00a0efforts in October, and plan to provide more clothing, sneakers, and winter jackets.<\/p>\n

\"Bags<\/a><\/p>\n

With such a terrific start to this school year, we can\u2019t wait to see what we can accomplish, with the help of our many supporters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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