Saturday, May 10

• The annual food drive conducted by the National Association of Letter Carriers is more important than ever this year.

• The Fredericksburg Area Food Bank is experiencing a serious shortage of canned foods, the types of food that families rely upon when they come here to the food bank or to one of our member food pantries.

• High gasoline and food costs are causing more and more people to ask for food assistance. Monthly, over 3,000 families are requesting food assistance in our area. The crisis is beginning to effect middle class families, the types of families that have never been to a food bank before.

• The Fredericksburg Area Food Bank distributes over 10,000 pounds of food a day! That is equivalent to 10,000 pieces of canned vegetables or fruits.

• Everyone can help by contributing to the Letter Carriers Food Drive. Leave non perishable food in a bag next to your mail box on Saturday, May 10. Most needed are canned vegetables, canned fruits, peanut butter, tuna fish, macaroni and cheese, pasta, rice, ……whatever non-perishables you buy to feed your family is what the hungry families need.

• Not all letter carriers participate. If yours participates, you will receive a reminder in the mail about a week before the food drive.

• If your letter carrier does not participate, please help by donating directly to the Fredericksburg Area Food Bank. For directions to the Food Bank click here or for information about remote drop-off sites click here.
 

Food Bank sets goal of 10,000 jars of peanut butter

Girl Scouts and Brownies of all ages are helping the Fredericksburg Area Food Bank to collect peanut butter.  Join them in May.  Scout troops interested in holding a peanut butter drive, please call the food bank at 540-371-7666.  We need your help!

The Fredericksburg Area Food Bank is in need of food!!

The Fredericksburg Area Food Bank distributes more than 2.5 million pounds food and grocery products every year to more than 90 food pantries and other food assistance organizations in the Fredericksburg area, including Stafford, Spotsylvania, Caroline, and King George. These agencies directly feed thousands of hungry families throughout the region.

This time of year is particularly difficult for those who work seasonal jobs or struggle to pay heating bills. The food bank partners with many organizations that provide food assistance to people in many different types of crises situations; homelessness, unemployment, seasonal workers, the sick and uninsured, children in crises, low-income senior citizens.

Non-perishable donations are needed. Especially needed are canned vegetables and fruits, soups, stews, macaroni and cheese or other box dinners, tuna, peanut butter, canned meats, pasta and pasta sauces, jelly and jam, cereals, stuffing mix, rice, puddings.

Please bring all donations to the food bank located at 3631 Lee Hill Drive, Fredericksburg, VA 22408.

Monetary donations mail to P.O. Box 1006, Fredericksburg, VA, 22402.

To conduct a food drive, call for information Jennifer at 540-371-7666, ext. 113

Hours: Donations are accepted Monday thru Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Wednesdays, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Contact us at 540-371-7666 or info@fredfood.org