September Food Drive

 We had such an amazing time at our distribution on September 24!

• Shelf stable food donations - 3291.85 lbs 
• Volunteers - 63 volunteers donated over163 hours
• Clients served - 450 
• Poundage including perishables distributed - approximately 4060 lbs

We  served a very diverse community and everyone went home knowing they  filled their pantry. We are so thankful to our food driver sponsors -  Lions International and Elevance, Guruparivar, Alpha Phi Alpha - Xi  Delta Lambda Chapter, Ridge Baptist Church and the many community  donors. Volunteer support from Elevance, Alpha  Gamma Delta Heart of Virginia , Bharathi Yoga, Tutor Tots and HCFB team  ensured a seamless food distribution. 
We look forward to working with you again!

 Cheers to another successful distribution!  

38 volunteers, 168 hours, over 2000 pounds of food collected, multiple new partnerships - and one great day!

We handed out over 100  bags packed bags of canned goods along with squash, eggplant, tomato and assorted greens to residents of the Carter Woods Senior Community, Saturday, July 16.  We delivered bags of groceries to residents who couldn't make it to the  distribution and left bags onsite to help with subsequent needs.  The Virginia Cooperative Extension - Henrico County and the Henrico Area Mental Health & Developmental Services were our resource partners this time offering information to residents. We also discovered 2 intensely competitive delivery teams!  And, the weather cooperated for once!

Our  fabulous HCFB tribe came together like never before despite summer holidays and vacations to once again to support and make a difference in  our community. Thank you to everyone for bringing to fruition another impactful distribution!  

Mark your calendars for the next distribution scheduled for September 24! 

Over 3000 pounds of canned goods, 1000 pounds of fresh fruit vegetables, dried fruit, nuts and condiments were distributed along with books, and various community resources on May 7. 

•  2 incredible food drive partners - thank you #BofAVolunteers and Mark Smith of Midas of Richmond for ensuring we had what we needed!  
• Wonderful community partners joining us in our efforts - the Y, World Up Foundation, CMoR's Book Bank, VDH - Henrico Health Dept. West, Henrico Division of Fire, CARE Team, and Henrico Division of Mental Health!  
• 58 volunteers working tirelessly for over 300 hours to ensure the distribution went off smoothly.

The weather held off for most part, the community came out and a great time was had by all.  

Thank you to everyone for bringing HCFB's 2nd food distribution to fruition.