Falls Church Area Students Need Your Help!

Over 2,700 households in Northern Virginia are working with Food For Neighbors to end teen food insecurity. Help us reach 2,800 so we can better fill the weekend food gap for students in your local secondary schools! Sign up to donate food and toiletries up to five times per year via our popular Red Bag Program. You’ll be helping students attending Luther Jackson Middle School and Annandale, Falls Church, and Justice high schools.

We’re collecting donations in Falls Church neighborhoods. If you sign up by Wednesday, November 1st, you’ll be able to support our November 11th Red Bag Event!

• Request a Bag: Visit our website to learn more and register as a food and toiletry donor. A Food For Neighbors volunteer will drop off a Red Bag with a tag noting our grocery list and five annual collection dates.

• Fill Your Bag: The next time you’re at the grocery store, shop for some of the items on the grocery list.

• Leave Your Bag Out: On the requested dates, put your food and toiletry donations in your Red Bag and place the Red Bag on your doorstep. A volunteer will collect your donations and leave you a new Red Bag for the next collection. The volunteer brings your donations to the nearest of nine working sites, where additional community members sort the food and toiletries and deliver them to participating schools near you.

During each of our Red Bag Events, we’re currently collecting well over 20,000 pounds of food and toiletries to help students in 42 Northern Virginia middle and high schools. As the number of students we serve continues to grow, your donations are key to helping the most vulnerable students in your local schools. School staff have shared that the reliable, supplemental food helps students attend school more regularly, focus on their schoolwork, and earn better grades.

"The Wolf Shack at Justice High School is a wonderful example of what can be done when a small group of dedicated parents along with a supportive administration come together,” shared Paula Prettyman, the Falls Church Area Manager for Food For Neighbors. “Thanks to everyone who volunteered and/or donated! I'm looking forward to continuing to work with the PTSA to support their efforts to feed students. FFN's model makes it easy for donors to shop for an extra bag of food five times a year and have it go immediately into the Wolf Shack for students. I hope all households will sign up to become Red Bag Donors to provide support to students attending Justice High School and other schools in our area."

Hunger is closer than you think. Sign up today to donate food and toiletries. If you prefer, you may make a financial donation to help us to continue to help students at our currently-partnering schools and to say “yes” to new schools requesting our support.