Volunteers needed, summer programs still available

Fairfax County Public Schools sent this bulletin at 06/17/2019 11:03 AM EDT

Help needed with Food For Neighbors Red Bag Program

Luther Jackson Middle School has started a Weekend Snack Program and family food pantry. We have partnered with Food for Neighbors to help feed our local students who deal with food insecurity. Even in a county as wealthy as Fairfax, one in four kids in our area are struggling with hunger.

 

Food for Neighbors is a local organization addressing this problem by collecting food from our community via the Red Bag Program and donating directly to Jackson. Then the food will be distributed to our students on Friday afternoons.

 

We hope you will consider participating in the Red Bag food collection program. You can make a difference in a local student’s life by simply adding a few extra items to your shopping cart every 2 months.

 

Here’s how it works:

  1. Request a reusable Red Bag here and Food for Neighbors will drop it off at your house.
  2. Fill the Red Bag with food items that are listed on a tag on that bag.
  3. Put the Red Bag outside your front door in the morning on the next bag collection day, which is Saturday, September 7th. (Collection dates are also listed on the tag.) And don’t worry, they send reminders.

 

Your Red Bag is picked up from your house and the food is delivered to Jackson and then distributed to students in need through a Weekend Snack Program. As an added benefit, you can get a tax deduction for the food that you donate!

 

With your help, our local kids can be fed. For more information on the Red Bag program click here.

 

Other critical volunteer opportunities include Driving to pick up filled Red Bags and Sorting the donated food during the Red Bag Day events. Visit the FFN FAQ page to find out more about and to sign up to volunteer in these 2 very important roles.

 

If you’re already participating in the Red Bag Program, THANK YOU! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Angela Niblett (school social worker) acniblett@fcps.edu or Karen Joseph  karen@foodforneighbors.org

 

Thanks for helping us provide food to students who need that extra support!

Summer Transition Programs still open

It is NOT TOO LATE to sign your student up for either "How to Survive MS" (rising 7th grade transition program) or "Jaguar Jumpstart" (rising 9th grade transition program at Falls Church HS)... click on the link below to register today!

SUMMER PROGRAM REGISTRATION PAGE