Food4ALX Community Food Drive 2025 - Help Us Collect 40,000 pounds of food

The community-wide food drive is a much-needed initiative to increase the food supply in our community. Our goal is to collect 40,000 pounds of food to benefit families receiving groceries through Hunger Free Alexandria's food pantries and the foodbank ALIVE! The donations will help maintain a healthy inventory and serve about 2,500 households.

VolALX encourages businesses, congregations, apartment buildings, scout groups, other social clubs, schools, as well as individuals young and older to participate by setting up a food collection bin, donating money to help us put this all together and purchase materials and snacks for volunteers. Only these items are accepted for drop offs: Canned meat, fish, fruits and vegetables; Oil in plastic bottles; Peanut butter in plastic jars; and ready-to-eat kids meals (non-perishable).

To participate, please complete this quick survey to let us know how you like to be involved. Please note that we are asking for a $50 participation donation to help with marketing and other expenses. VolALX will provide boxes, posters, volunteers, management, and leadership wo make this initiative possible and successful. Better, Together!

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Thank you to our additional sponsors including

Poster Sponsor - Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc.

Volunteer Sponsors - Fitness Together Alexandria | Sharon Eddy CLU ChFC - State Farm Agent

"Hunger Free Alexandria is grateful that the food pantries in the city will benefit from the Food4ALX food drive. Our food providers depend upon the generosity of the Alexandria community to help those who are hungry." Bryan Perry, Food Coordinator, Hunger Free Alexandria

Community Food Drive 2024 - WE DID IT!

Food insecurity continues for many families and with YOUR we exceeded our goal of collecting 30,000 pounds of food or 2,000 meals! Thank you to the 2024 sponsors, donors, volunteers, and collection sites for making the second annual Food4ALX a success! Dozens of collection locations throughout the city participated in the second community-wide food drive, hosted by VolALX. Individuals, groups, and businesses came together to help Alexandrians. The drive was able to amass more than 34,000 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.

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.