Purchases of Giant Food Reusable Bag To Benefit Assistance League

Assistance League of Northern Virginia is extremely gratified that the management team at the Giant Food Store at 8320 Old Keene Mill Road, Springfield, has again selected the nonprofit to benefit from purchases at that store of the special Community Bag. Assistance League will receive $1 for every reusable bag sold during July at the Keene Mill store. Over the past year, several Giant Food stores have recognized the nonprofit’s efforts to reduce food insecurity and have designated the chapter to receive the proceeds from the Bloomin’ 4 Good and Community Bag campaigns. Through its Weekend Food for Kids program, Assistance League provides bags of nonperishable food each month during the school year to students at Title 1 elementary schools to ensure they have nourishment on weekends when school-provided meals are not available, and has been doing so for more than ten years. The nonprofit currently provides 1680 food bags each month to six schools as well as grocery gift cards to a seventh school and to families at all seven schools periodically during the year and in the summer months.

Assistance League shares Giant Food’s commitment to reducing hunger in the community and is grateful for the continuing partnership.