Neighbors Helping Neighbors in Need!
Fill the Truck – Sunday, March 29th — Help us Fill the Truck with non-perishable food and other requested items for ALIVE! Non-food items include diapers and other sanitary items not covered by SNAP. On Sunday, March 1st, our community came together and donated 320 pounds of non-perishable food.
The Alive! Fill the Bowl event on Saturday, February 28th, raised more than $80,000 to support neighbors facing food insecurity and housing instability in Alexandria.
Barrett Branch Library
Thank you to everyone who dropped off books for the Friends of Barrett Library Book Drive
Bundle up Campaign
Our neighbors continue to drop off donations.
Many thanks to the vendors of the Old Town North Farmers’ Markets and Hank’s Oyster Bar for ensuring that none of the produce from local farms or other food items sold at the Old Town North Farmers’ and Artisans’ Market goes to waste.
At the end of the Sunday Markets, volunteers from the Old Town North Community Partnership and Volunteer Alexandria drop off produce and other food items that won’t be carried over to the next market with our friends at Hank’s Oyster Bar. Since the beginning of the year, over a half ton of fresh produce has been collected and donated to the ALIVE food hubs!
The produce and other food items are stored in a refrigerator at Hank’s until they can be picked up by the Alive team and taken directly to one of the ALIVE Food Hubs in Alexandria.
Many of the vendors and volunteers at the Old Town North Market are also involved in additional efforts to support those in need within the community.
Leigh of Common Hearth regularly bakes and donates bread to Carpenters Shelter and other local nonprofits, and Shane of The Rainbow Spoon donates to Lasagna Love.
