The Capital Area Food Bank provides food to nearly 400,000 children and families who face hunger in our region. As school and workplace closures make access to enough nutritious food even more challenging, these children and working families need our help now, more than ever.
Food donations are currently down over 60% given what is happening in the retail industry, forcing CAFB to purchase millions of dollars-worth of food to keep their inventory levels steady. In March and April, the food bank has purchased 95+ truckloads of food just to keep inventory at “normal” levels; this is roughly double the amount they would ordinarily purchase in an entire year.
Please join us in donating to the CAFB! Your donations will support the purchase, packaging, and distribution of food boxes for children and families in the DC-Metro Area. Check out https://www.capitalareafoodbank.org/covid19response/ to see more about how they are responding to COVID-19.