Community Food Drive -

We Need YOUR Help

   Food insecurity continues for many families and VolALX needs YOUR help to meet our goal of collecting 30,000 pounds of food or 2,000 meals!

   The community-wide food drive is a much-needed initiative to increase the food supply in our main food center, ALIVE! Food donations from the community helps ALIVE! maintain a healthy inventory. Currently, they distribute to over 4,000 households per month, which means they must have 150,000 pounds of food each month at the ready for distribution.

   VolALX engages hundreds of people from businesses, congregations, apartment buildings, scout groups, other social clubs, schools, as well as numerous individuals young and older who participate by setting up a food collection bin, donating money to help us putting this all together and purchase materials and snacks for volunteers.

   Help us meet our goal to collect 30,000 pounds of food, enough to feed 2,000 families:

   Donate to the Cause 

   See A Map of Dropoff Locations

   Donate Food (canned meats, fruits, veggies; cooking oil and peanut butter in plastic jars; ready-to-eat non-perishable kids meals. 

Collection site sign-up has ended. You can still collect donations and deliver them directly to ALIVE! 801 South Payne Street. Monday, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Thursdays: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturdays:  9 a.m. to noon.

   Questions? Email us.

Thank you partners! 532YOGA | Alexandria & Company | ALX Community | Alexandria Women for Good | Barrett Library | Beatley Library | Burke Library | Cameron Station Condominium | City of Alexandria, City Hall | Clarivate | Department of Beer and Wine | Duncan Library | Emmanuel Episcopal Church | Fairlington United Methodist Church | Fitness Together Alexandria | Lisa Groover Real Estate, McEnearney Associates | Neighborhood Pharmacy | Old Presbyterian Meeting House | Old Town North Farmers Market | Old Town Village Roundhouse Community Center | Russell Temple CME Church | Ted's Montana Grill | The Episcopal Chruch of Saint Clement | The goodhart group | Top It Off | United Bank |  

This initiative is supported by Passport Auto Group | The Hoffman Town Center | Lisa Groover, Real Estate | United Bank | Fitness Together | Kiwanis Club of Alexandria, VA Foundation. In-kind provided by Harris Teeter | Wegmans Food Market | the Zebra Press.

In 2023, thirty eight different collection locations throughout the city participated in the first community-wide food drive, hosted by VolALX. Individuals, groups, and businesses came together to help Alexandrians. The drive was able to amass more than 25,000 pounds over the course of the month and all of the items collected were donated to ALIVE!’s food program to directly benefit members of the Alexandria community in need of food assistance. “At Ting, we firmly believe in the power of giving back. We’re thrilled to support Volunteer Alexandria and this year’s food drive! It’s been truly remarkable to see the community come together to stock the ALIVE! warehouse with food,” says Nicole McNally, Ting Internet. Elizabeth Murphy, a volunteer stated, “Being involved has been a great opportunity for me to help local families that are struggling with food insecurity during the summer months. The response from our community has been wonderful and I enjoyed meeting these caring groups and stocking the shelves so that no one will have to go without."

The success of the drive could not have been achieved without the support of sponsors like the City of Alexandria, Ting Internet, Fitness Together, Passport Auto Group, and the Rotary Club of Alexandria Central (RCoAC). Their sponsorship of this drive was instrumental in getting promotional materials off the ground and funding collection boxes. “It’s been an honor to participate in the first annual VolALX food drive. Our Fitness Together community has been incredible and we are grateful to help uplift and support the Alexandria community. We can’t wait for the next one!” says Nicole Bhatt from Fitness Together. Partners who made this happen.