Be The Good is a 501c3 non-profit that harnesses the generosity of our community to help feed people experiencing hunger & food insecurity in the DC-area 🤟
Over the weekend, I helped install 2 Little Free Food Pantries at the Hybla Valley Community Center and Hyland South County Gov. Center. I was happy to assist @BeTheGood_DC with their County zoning interpretation which approved the expansion of their pantry network in our County.
It’s our 6th Grade Fall Festival! Big thanks to our @slespta’s sixth grade coordinators and volunteers for organizing a great day. At one of our civic minded rotations, Ss stuff Be The Good food bags to provide for families with food insecurities. Way to go, dolphins.
So proud of our 1st grade #fhesfoxes for helping our community. This morning they put together 20 fall care packages for local families & @BeTheGood_DC ! @FortHuntES
Some of our Little Free Food Pantries are getting a glow up this season thanks to our volunteers’ beautiful friendship rocks! 🤟 Learn more: https://t.co/Qv6ueUPcnR
We are hopeful this zoning interpretation will ease the hurdles of getting approvals to plant more Little Free Food Pantries across the region. We’re also grateful to @SupervisorLusk & his team for their guidance through the process. Learn more! 🤟https://t.co/T6LQvqQ0qf
We have GOOD news! We’ve been working w/Fairfax Cty to get an official “zoning interpretation” for Little Free Food Pantries. This process put our systems to install + fill the little pantries thru a rigorous review, including w/Ffx County’s Health Dept. https://t.co/T6LQvqQyfN
More from CNN:
“The improvements in food security for families may not continue in 2022, experts warn.
“High inflation, particularly for food, is putting a strain on family budgets... [T]he beefed-up child tax credit… was not renewed for this year.”
https://t.co/a91pYqUXKK
The headline is great, but the policies that made this possible have changed drastically in 2022.
“Experts said that the portrait of hunger in the U.S. would change this year given that many of the assistance programs had lapsed.”
https://t.co/fkQQlwY4df
“Even though we have evidence that these policies worked, we haven’t managed to preserve most of them,” Prof Bowen said. “I’m worried that 2022 is going to be a really hard year for lots of families, and that there isn’t the same sense of urgency that there was two years ago.”
🎉 90,000! 🎉
Nearly every wkend since July 2020, our volunteers have made sandwiches for our neighbors who are unhoused in DC.
Together, this incredible community has made 90,843 sandwiches for @MarthasTableorg
Our ❤️s are humbled by your generosity! 🤟 #projectBTG
Welcome back to school to many of our area teachers & families! We kicked off the new school year w/another special delivery of 575 lbs of non-perishable food bags for local families thanks to our wonderful school partnerships & volunteers 🤟 @GrovetonES@FCPSR3#projectBTG
Welcome back to all the amazing teachers, administrators & staff who we have the privilege of working with in Northern VA! You are the GOOD! 🤟
@ACPSk12@fcpsnews@APSVirginia
@BeTheGood_DC has generously donated food bags to @HollinMeadowsES. If you can use a boost, please swing by the school Friday 7/29 from 12:30-1:30. @Marycharlton8 will be by the back cafeteria door, off the kiss n’ride lane, to meet you! Limited quantity! 💙💛
📣 Attention DMV school leaders! 📣
If your families need non-perishable bags of food this summer or fall, we would love to help! We deliver to Alexandria, Arlington, Springfield, Lorton, Annandale, Oxon Hill, and Washington D.C. Get in touch at https://t.co/lAcArR86Ev 🤟