Food for Others is Northern Virginia’s primary safety net for food when an emergency strikes, and for the growing number of working poor who are unable to make ends meet and need to supplement their inadequate food supplies. Food for Others is a non-profit 501(c)(3) food pantry and food rescue operation, working to help those in Northern Virginia who are food insecure.

The Power Pack Program provides elementary school aged students with a pack of food they can bring home and eat over the weekend. Many students in our area have little to eat between their lunch at school on Friday and the breakfast that is served Monday morning. The pack, which contains 2 items each for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, plus 2 snacks and 2 drinks, will help alleviate the students hunger and allow them to focus more on their school work.

Northern Virginia is such a wealthy area, yet, we still face a poverty rate of 5%. In Fairfax County, there are nearly 60,000 people who are food insecure (including over 27,000 children). In FY2017 Food for Others distributed 67,130 Power Packs to 2.160 students at 29 elementary schools, an increase of 7% over the prior year.