Feds Feed Families

Commissaries in the U.S. have joined with other government agencies and organizations to support the 2011 Feds Feed Families food drive campaign, which runs through Aug. 31, 2011. The food drive is coordinated by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and the Chief Human Capital Council to encourage federal employees to help supplement food banks across the country, such as the one shown here. (Courtesy photo/Rob Joswiak)

Feds Feed Families makes significant impact in NCR lives

Published July 1, 2013
By Senior Airman Tabith N. Haynes
Air Force District of Washington Public Affairs

Joint Base Andrews, Md. -- Food banks across the National Capital Region and around the country are facing severe shortages of nonperishable items this summer. Air Force District of Washington's 2013 Feds Feed Families campaign is in full gear here to help fill the pantries of local citizens.

Feds Feed Families is an annual Department of Defense and National Capital Region initiative to raise awareness about hunger. There is no government-wide collection goal for 2013. DOD officials have decided every nonperishable food and household product donation, big or small, will be significant in the lives of those families in need.

Donations can be dropped off in the community boxes located in the commissary, Liberty Center housing and the chapels, or boxes located within individual units on Andrews.

The top three donations the food pantries are looking for are canned fruits, canned vegetables and multigrain cereal. However, grains, canned proteins, soups, juice, condiments, snacks, baking goods, hygiene items, paper products and household cleaning items are needed as well. Items such as diapers and baby formula are always welcome additions to food pantry shelves.

Pick-ups are scheduled on Andrews throughout July and August. For more information about the Feds Feed Families campaign, or how to get involved, please contact a unit point of contact in AFDW, or follow the campaign on Facebook at www.facebook.com/fedsfeedfamilies.