Community Corner
Baileys Rotary Club donate $40,000 to local food banks
The Bailey's Crossroads Rotary Club board of directors allocates $40,000 to help alleviate food insecurity in the Bailey's Crossroads area
At a special meeting of the Bailey's Crossroads Rotary Club yesterday, the board of directors approved more than $40,000 to address food insecurity due to the Covid-19 virus in the Bailey’s Crossroads area of Fairfax County between now and June 30. Most of the funds are used to purchase food from local supermarkets for delivery to food pantries at the ACCA - Annandale Christian Community for Action and the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church.Cash donations will be made to the food pantries of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, Falls Church, VA and Columbia Baptist Church in Bailey's Crossroads.
Additional funding has been allocated for food packaging events which will deliver thousands of packaged meals to local pantries.
In order to raise the funds needed to donate to our various local and international charities each year we raffle off a classic (1964-66) Ford Mustang convertible. Last year, BXRC raised more than $100,000. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, we have cancelled this year’s raffle and are using existing funds to help our local community feed its most vulnerable population.