Tag: Blue Ridge Area Food Bank
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank awards $1.4 million in grants to partner agencies
The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank in Verona will award more than $1.4 million in grants to its partners through the 2022 Agency Capacity Fund.
100K pounds of food donated during Stamp Out Hunger campaign
The 2022 Stamp Out Hunger campaign will provide more than 95,000 meals to those in need in the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank’s 25-country service area.
Summer food program begins for children at risk of hunger
The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank is participating in the USDA’s Summer Food Service Program, sponsoring nine feeding sites.
Food Bank, letter carriers count down to 25th annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive
Letter carriers within the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank’s service region stand ready to collect food for hungry neighbors.
Food Bank kicks off #GivingTuesday with $5,000 matching pledge from donors
The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank hopes people will think of #GivingTuesday as an opportunity to help nourish their hungry neighbors.
Summer food program begins for children at risk of hunger
The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank is participating in the USDA’s Summer Food Service Program, sponsoring 15 sites June through August.
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Food Drive set for May 14
The 24th annual Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is coming to neighborhoods across the country, including western Virginia.
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank receives 200 hams from Giant
Giant donated 200 hams to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank in honor of the upcoming Easter Holiday.
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank reduces food waste
Each day, a driver for Lynchburg Daily Bread soup kitchen visits three Food Lion grocery stores, not to shop, but rather to save food from a wasteful fate.
Kroger makes donation to Blue Ridge Area Food Bank
Kroger stores in the Mid-Atlantic Division donated approximately 235,000 pounds of perishable food to the Food Bank last year.
Food Bank asks public to sign pledge to volunteer in 2016
The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank hopes the community will help make the year better for the 146,000 people struggling with hunger in the Blue Ridge region.
15th annual concert celebrates Twelve Days of Christmas
The hustle and bustle of the holidays may be over, but there’s still time to enjoy the sounds of Christmas.
Dominion awards $25K grant to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank
The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank today announced it will receive a $25,000 Critical Community Needs grant from the Dominion Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Dominion Resources, parent company of Dominion Virginia Power.
Food Bank joins #GivingTuesday movement celebrating generosity and philanthropy
The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank is calling on residents in Central and Western Virginia to consider joining #GivingTuesday, a movement to celebrate generosity and encourage philanthropy.
Year’s largest food drive to begin on Saturday
Local Boy Scouts of America and the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank are teaming up for Scouting for Food, the Boy Scouts’ annual food drive. Residents are encouraged to leave a bag filled with non-perishable food donations at their doors or mailboxes in the morning on Sat., Oct. 24
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