{"id":9621,"date":"2025-11-23T20:56:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T01:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/?p=9621"},"modified":"2025-11-23T20:56:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T01:56:43","slug":"food-and-fun-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/2025\/11\/23\/food-and-fun-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Food and Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/11\/Table-3-top-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9626 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/11\/Table-3-top-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/11\/Table-3-top-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/11\/Table-3-top-1024x663.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/11\/Table-3-top-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/11\/Table-3-top-1536x994.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/11\/Table-3-top-2048x1325.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/11\/Table-3-top-958x620.jpg 958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ydpdf030974yiv8679438698ydpf3a9c43emsonormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\">Our Weekend Food for Kids program was another success this month.\u00a0 Assistance League members were joined by staff of Dominion Energy, our long-time partner in this effort.\u00a0 We packed 1,900 bags of nonperishable food in less than an hour, helped by a team from Springfield Golf and Country Club, where we will hold our <span style=\"color: #1d2228;letter-spacing: -.25pt;background: white\">Italian Dinner and Live Music Fundraiser on January 9.\u00a0 We were also joined by other community volunteers representing RBH Global Wealth Partners, Didlake, Crossroads Connections, and Nativity Church Craft Club, among others.\u00a0 The volunteers\u2019 enjoyment of this important program was enhanced by the seasonal music playing in the background.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/11\/Table1-top-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/11\/Table1-top-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/11\/Table1-top-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/11\/Table1-top-1024x674.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/11\/Table1-top-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/11\/Table1-top-1536x1012.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/11\/Table1-top-2048x1349.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/11\/Table1-top-958x631.jpg 958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ydpdf030974yiv8679438698ydpf3a9c43emsonormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif;color: #1d2228;letter-spacing: -.25pt;background: white\">After the bags were packed, they were loaded onto Dominion trucks and delivered to six Title 1 elementary schools in Fairfax and Prince William counties. \u00a0The weekend food bags help ensure that students arrive at school ready to learn and thrive. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/11\/Table3-end-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/11\/Table3-end-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/11\/Table3-end-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/11\/Table3-end-1024x768.jpg 1024w, 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helped by a team from Springfield Golf and Country Club, where we will hold our Italian 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