Generosity Feeds Brings the Community Together to Help Feed Hungry Children in Loudoun County

Despite being one of the wealthiest counties in the country, one in six children in Loudoun County struggle with hunger. But as Halloween weekend rolled by, instead of buying even more candy to pass out the following Monday, NOVA community members gave their time and money to help others in need. On Sunday, October 30th, over 300 volunteers came together to the Generosity Feeds Event at the gymnasium of the Douglass Community Center in Leesburg, VA, and packed 17,000 meals for children in Loudoun County struggling with hunger.

Generosity Feeds is an organization that started in Loudoun County but is now a national organization working with churches, businesses, and organizations in local communities around the country to help feed children struggling with hunger. Drew Clyde, founder of the Leesburg Junction and pastor of the Headway Church, states, “The event not only supports and feeds children in Loudoun, it serves to connect the community to other valuable non-profit organizations that are serving children & families in need year-round. We hope and believe the impact of this event will go far beyond the event itself to help others in our community.”

The Leesburg Junction, who sponsored and organized this event, is a new, collaborative & creative workspace, event venue & soon-to-be coffee shop in downtown Leesburg. They partnered with Generosity Feeds to bring the community together to help and service those in need. Three local non-profit organizations are working with the Leesburg Junction to get the meals that were packaged at the event to the children who need them. Mobile Hope, Loudoun Hunger Relief and Backpack Coalition received and will distribute all the meals throughout the community to families in need.

With generous donations and an offer to help, several local businesses stepped up to sponsor the event and cover the cost of the meals. We are thankful for the sponsors supporting this effort and recognize our main corporate sponsors: Toth Financial, Volkswagen Group of America, Abbey Design Center, Cochran Family Dental, John Marshall Bank and Madigan Construction. Teams from each of these businesses were onsite to pack the meals and really helped make a difference.

Shiva Etessam, owner of Abbey Design Center stated, “I wanted to be involved with the Generosity Feeds event from the moment I found out about the effort. It is inspiring to see what we can do when we work together. We wanted to make a difference for local families and especially the children. No one should ever be excluded from the necessities of a good life: the comfort of a warm home, the warmth of a good meal; no child should go hungry. We were proud to be a part of this local effort.”

If you’re upset you missed your opportunity to serve the community, don’t worry! The Leesburg Junction hosts a variety of “WeSERVE” events like this one for the community to enjoy and engage in. Much like the Generosity Feeds event, WeSERVE is an opportunity for our community to come together to serve others in our community. The next “WeSERVE” will be Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, at the Leesburg Junction. Visit www.leesburgjunction.com to learn more about our upcoming events as well as membership packages available for your business or non-profit. Don’t miss the next opportunity to make a difference!