Fairfax County Board Supervisor Walter Alcorn (left) helps Kyle McDaniel, Fairfax County School Board Member At-Large, unload his donations to the Food for Neighbors drive at the North County Government Center.
030525 CNG Food for Neighbors Drive at North County Government Center/ Ensuring local middle and high school students don’t go hungry.
Supervisor Walter Alcorn (D-Hunter Mill) is hosting a Food for Neighbors Food Drive. What started in Herndon in 2016 has grown to partnerships at 50 middle and high schools across Northern Virginia, most in Fairfax County, ensuring students don’t go hungry.
“We're joining the food drive for this nonprofit that serves middle and high school students, including at South Lakes and Herndon and Middle and High Schools,” posted Alcorn on his Facebook Page.
Food for Neighbors provides the schools with individually packaged, student-specific donations to distribute to students when they might otherwise go hungry. Donation examples are shelf-stable milk cartons, chocolate preferred; individual Cup of Noodle and Mac & Cheese cups where water is the only added ingredient; packs of cheese or peanut butter crackers; microwave meals – Prego/Campbell's/Pace Ready Meals, chicken or tuna snack packs with crackers; as well as toiletries. Residents should drop off the individually packaged, student-specific donations at the Fairfax County North County Government Center, 1801 Cameron Glen Drive, Reston, by the close of business on Friday, March 7. People can also make a monetary donation online.
Kyle McDaniel, Fairfax County School Board Member At-Large, recently dropped off his donations and is encouraging other residents to participate. Donations will benefit the South Lakes Food Pantry, Herndon Middle and High Schools, and other area schools.
For more information, visit https://www.foodforneighbors.org/red-bag-program/what-s-in-a-red-bag/