66 Express Outside the Beltway Gives Refrigerator To Food For Others

FAIRFAX, VA — Food for Others, the Merrifield-based nonprofit that helps feed food-insecure families, received a special gift Thursday from the company of builders and operators working on VDOT's 66 Express Outside the Beltway project.

66 Express Outside the Beltway donated an upright commercial refrigerator. The donation was part of the Manassas company's long-time partnership with the food bank located at 2938 Prosperity Ave. in Fairfax.

"Our friends at the 66 Express have really stepped up, and we appreciate their continued partnership," said Deb Haynes, executive director of Food For Others. "This new refrigerator is a high-impact gift that will benefit our clients for years to come."

Manufactured by Jaecool, the new refrigerator has a capacity of 12.8 cubic-feet for keeping the food and beverages of the non-profit's customers cool and fresh.

I-66 EMP's partnership with Food for Others started back in November 2022, when company began working on the 66 Express Outside the Beltway project. That year, the company conducted a food drive that brought in nearly 600 pounds of fresh and non-perishable food just in time to help the nonprofit's customers celebrate Thanksgiving.

"Even in an affluent region like ours, there are still families who don’t have enough nutritious food to eat," said Nancy H. Smith, director of corporate affairs for I-66 EMP. "We're grateful for the amazing work Food For Others does in our community, and we're happy to support their work fighting food insecurity in Northern Virginia."

Last November, I-66 EMP made a $5,000 donation to Food For Others' Power Pack program, helping to pay for 7,500 meals and healthy snacks for food-insecure students who attend Fairfax County Public Schools.

"Even in an affluent region like ours, there are still families who don’t have enough nutritious food to eat," Nancy H. Smith, director of corporate affairs for I-66 EMP, said in a release. "We're grateful for the amazing work Food For Others does in our community, and we're happy to support their work fighting food insecurity in Northern Virginia."