Food For Neighbors

Our mission is to end child hunger in Northern Virginia by raising awareness and community involvement. Through awareness comes a desire to help because no one believes a child should struggle with hunger. The main way that we accomplish our mission is by providing food assistance to secondary school students with help from the local community.

Food For Neighbors provides local middle and high schools with individual meals and snack items to distribute during times when students might otherwise go hungry. We connect with their social workers and help the schools set up a weekend snack program or food pantry to distribute the food. We provide the platform for schools to engage their local community to donate food and help gather volunteers in the community to assist with picking up donations, sorting the food and distributing to schools in their area. Physical food donations go to participating schools in the immediate area, and Food For Neighbors provides any surplus to other Northern Virginia schools needing extra support at the time.